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Jeremiah 23:6
In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD speaks through Jeremiah to Judah and Israel, declaring the outcome of the righteous Davidic king announced in the preceding verse. This is the oracle's climax: the king's name and the people's resulting state.
The words — לָ/בֶ֑טַח (la./Ve.tach), "for security," is a noun (H983) denoting a settled state of safety, not a transient adverb; it names what Israel will be, not merely how it will dwell.
The thread — Jeremiah 33:16 repeats the formula almost verbatim, substituting Jerusalem for Israel. The title "The LORD Our Righteousness" is picked up in 1 Corinthians 1:30 and Philippians 3:9, where Christ is the source of the believer's righteousness.
Why it lands — The verse binds salvation, security, and identity to one person; the reader is asked to see that the promise is a name given to a king, not a principle to be pursued.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Cross-references
- 1 Corinthians 1:30 It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
- Philippians 3:9 and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
- 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.
- Matthew 1:21 She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
- Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
- Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
- Daniel 9:24 Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
- Romans 3:22 And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
- Romans 11:26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob.
- Deuteronomy 33:28 So Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heavens drip with dew.