17 Bible Verses about Names For Jerusalem

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2 Samuel 6:12

And they said to King David, The blessing of the Lord is on the family of Obed-edom and on all he has, because of the ark of God. And David went and took the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the town of David with joy.

Matthew 5:35

Or by the earth, because it is the resting-place for his foot; or by Jerusalem, because it is the town of the great King.

Isaiah 48:2

For they say that they are of the holy town, and put their faith in the God of Israel: the Lord of armies is his name.

Isaiah 52:1

Awake! awake! put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful robes, O Jerusalem, the holy town: for from now there will never again come into you the unclean and those without circumcision.

Matthew 4:5

Then the Evil One took him to the holy town; and he put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him,

Psalm 46:4

There is a river whose streams make glad the resting-place of God, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.

Psalm 48:1

Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, in the town of our God, in his holy mountain.

Psalm 87:3

Noble things are said of you, O town of God. (Selah.)

Isaiah 1:26

And I will give you judges again as at the first, and wise guides as in the past; then you will be named, The Town of Righteousness, the true town.

Zechariah 8:3

This is what the Lord has said: I have come back to Zion, and will make my living-place in Jerusalem: and Jerusalem will be named The town of good faith; and the mountain of the Lord of armies The holy mountain.

Isaiah 60:14

And the sons of those who were cruel to you will come before you with bent heads; and those who made sport of you will go down on their faces at your feet; and you will be named, The Town of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Lamentations 2:15

All who go by make a noise with their hands at you; they make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, and saying, Is this the town which was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?

Jeremiah 33:16

In those days, Judah will have salvation and Jerusalem will be safe: and this is the name which will be given to her: The Lord is our righteousness.

Ezekiel 48:35

It is to be eighteen thousand all round: and the name of the town from that day will be, The Lord is there.

Isaiah 29:1

Ho! Ariel, Ariel, the town against which David made war; put year to year, let the feasts come round:

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