Psalm 68:16


Why do you look with envy, mountains with many peaks,
At the mountain [of the city of Zion] which God has desired for His dwelling place?
Yes, the Lord will dwell there forever.

Deuteronomy 12:5

But you shall seek the Lord at the place which the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to establish His Name there for His dwelling [place], and there you shall come [to worship Him].

Psalm 132:13-14


For the Lord has chosen Zion;
He has desired it for His dwelling place:

Deuteronomy 12:11

then it shall come about that the place which the Lord your God will choose for His Name [and Presence] to dwell; there you shall bring everything that I am commanding you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes and the [voluntary] contribution of your hand [as a first gift from the fruits of the ground], and all your choice votive offerings which you vow to the Lord.

1 Kings 9:3

The Lord told him, “I have heard your prayer and supplication which you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built by putting My Name and My Presence there forever. My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.

Psalm 87:1-2

His foundation is on the holy mountain.

Psalm 114:4


The mountains leaped like rams,
The [little] hills, like lambs.

Psalm 114:6


O mountains, that you leap like rams,
O [little] hills, like lambs?

Isaiah 2:2


Now it will come to pass that
In the last days
The mountain of the house of the Lord
Will be [firmly] established as the highest of the mountains,
And will be exalted above the hills;
And all the nations will stream to it.

Hebrews 12:22-23

But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels [in festive gathering],

Revelation 21:2-3

And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, arrayed like a bride adorned for her husband;

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Summary

Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.

General references

Bible References

Why

Psalm 114:4

The mountains leaped like rams,
The [little] hills, like lambs.
Isaiah 2:2

Now it will come to pass that
In the last days
The mountain of the house of the Lord
Will be [firmly] established as the highest of the mountains,
And will be exalted above the hills;
And all the nations will stream to it.

General references

Psalm 114:4

The mountains leaped like rams,
The [little] hills, like lambs.
Isaiah 2:14

Against all the high mountains,
Against all the hills that are lifted up,