Topic
Jehovah-shammah
2 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Ezekiel 48:35Easton
It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.
- Revelation 21:3ISBE
And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
Jehovah is there, the symbolical title given by Ezekiel to Jerusalem, which was seen by him in vision (Ezek. 48:35). It was a type of the gospel Church.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 1 references
je-ho'-va sham'-a (yahweh shammah, "Yahweh is there"): The name to be given to the new Jerusalem, restored and glorified, as seen in the vision of Eze (48:35 margin; compare Re 21:3). Yahweh returns to the temple which He had forsaken, and from that time forward the fact of supreme importance is that He is there, dwelling in the midst of His people.
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.