jerusalem
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6Petition for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem, and for abundance for those who love you.
17In that time, Jerusalem will be called: ‘The Throne of the Lord.’ And all the nations will be gathered to it, in the name of the Lord, in Jerusalem. And they will not walk after the depravity of their own most wicked heart.
6But I chose Jerusalem, so that my name would be in it. And I chose David, so that I might appoint him over my people Israel.’
1For the sake of Zion, I will not be silent, and for the sake of Jerusalem, I will not rest, until her Just One advances in splendor, and her Savior is kindled like a lamp.
9And this shall be in that day: I will seek to crush all the Gentiles that come against Jerusalem.
3Thus says the Lord of hosts: I have been turned back towards Zion, and I will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. And Jerusalem will be called: “The City of Truth,” and “The Mountain of the Lord of Hosts, the Sanctified Mountain.”
2And I, John, saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
2in Jerusalem. Mountains surround it. And the Lord surrounds his people, from this time forward and even forever.
3Jerusalem has been built as a city, whose participation is unto itself. 4For to that place, the tribes ascended, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to confess to the name of the Lord. 5For in that place, seats have sat down in judgment, seats above the house of David.
26But that Jerusalem which is above is free; the same is our mother.
36Then, to his son, I will give one tribe, so that there may remain a lamp for my servant David before me, for all days, in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen, so that my name would be there.