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Ezekiel 48:35
The perimeter of the city will be 18,000 cubits, and from that day on the name of the city will be: THE LORD IS THERE.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ezekiel, in exile, delivers the final line of a long vision of the restored city and temple. This is the book's closing word: the city is complete and named.
The words — The name is a compound: יְהוָה (Yahweh) plus an adverb meaning "there," rendered in the BSB as "THE LORD IS THERE." The city's identity is not a title of conquest or location but a statement of presence.
The thread — Jeremiah 33:16 names the city "The LORD is our righteousness," and Zechariah 2:10 and Revelation 21:3 both center on God dwelling among His people. The pattern is consistent: the city's name is a claim about God's presence, not human achievement.
Why it lands — The verse reduces the entire vision — gates, measurements, tribal allocations — to a single statement: God is there. It asks the reader to test whether their own community or life is defined by the same claim.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord is there.
Cross-references
- Revelation 21:3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.
- Zechariah 2:10 “Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 33:16 In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
- Revelation 22:3 No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him.
- Isaiah 12:6 Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”
- Jeremiah 3:17 At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations will be gathered in Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD. They will no longer follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.
- Isaiah 14:32 What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”
- Isaiah 24:23 The moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders with great glory.
- Ezekiel 35:10 Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,
- Joel 3:21 For I will avenge their blood, which I have not yet avenged.” For the LORD dwells in Zion.