The people shall dwell in it; And no longer shall there be utter destruction, But Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
Parallel translations
- WEB Men will dwell therein, and there will be no more curse; but Jerusalem will dwell safely.
- KJV And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
- BSB People will live there, and never again will there be an utter destruction. So Jerusalem will dwell securely.
- NASB People will live in it, and there will no longer be a curse, for Jerusalem will live in security.
- NLT And Jerusalem will be filled, safe at last, never again to be cursed and destroyed.
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People will dwell in Jerusalem with no more curse, for the city will be perfectly safe. It matters because it foreshadows the final removal of the curse and the dwelling of God's people in everlasting security.
Overview
The promise that 'there will be no more curse' reverses the curse of Eden and the threats of the covenant, granting Jerusalem unbroken safety. This vision of a place free from curse and danger reaches its fulfillment in the new creation, where 'there will be no more curse' (Rev. 22:3) and God dwells with His people forever. It is a picture of redeemed, secure communion with God.
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Cross-references · 17
- Rev 22:3There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants serve him.
- Jer 23:5–6“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
- Amos 9:15I will plant them on their land, and they will no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them,” says Yahweh your God.
- Zech 8:8and I will bring them, and they will dwell within Jerusalem; and they will be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.”
- Rev 21:4He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”
- Isa 26:1In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city. God appoints salvation for walls and bulwarks.
- Num 21:3Yahweh listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities. The name of the place was called Hormah.
- Ezek 34:22–29therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.
- Ezek 37:26Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary among them forever more.
- Isa 60:18Violence shall no more be heard in your land, nor desolation or destruction within your borders; but you will call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise.
- Joel 3:17“So you will know that I am Yahweh, your God, dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain. Then Jerusalem will be holy, and no strangers will pass through her any more.
- Jer 31:40The whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy to Yahweh; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more forever.”
- Isa 66:22“For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me,” says Yahweh, “so your offspring and your name shall remain.
- Jer 33:15–16“In those days, and at that time, I will cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up to David; and he will execute justice and righteousness in the land.
- Joel 3:20But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
- Zech 2:4and said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying, ‘Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it.
- Zech 8:4Yahweh of Armies says: “Old men and old women will again dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand for very age.
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