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“This is what the Lord says—the Lord who made the earth, who formed and established it, whose name is the Lord:

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The Lord is a warrior;
    Yahweh[a] is his name!

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Footnotes

  1. 15:3 Yahweh is a transliteration of the proper name YHWH that is sometimes rendered “Jehovah”; in this translation it is usually rendered “the Lord” (note the use of small capitals).

I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty’[a]—but I did not reveal my name, Yahweh, to them.

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Footnotes

  1. 6:3 El-Shaddai, which means “God Almighty,” is the name for God used in Gen 17:1; 28:3; 35:11; 43:14; 48:3.

26 “But have you not heard?
    I decided this long ago.
Long ago I planned it,
    and now I am making it happen.
I planned for you to crush fortified cities
    into heaps of rubble.

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14 God replied to Moses, “I am who i am.[a] Say this to the people of Israel: I am has sent me to you.” 15 God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: Yahweh,[b] the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.

This is my eternal name,
    my name to remember for all generations.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:14 Or I will be what i will be.
  2. 3:15 Yahweh (also in 3:16) is a transliteration of the proper name YHWH that is sometimes rendered “Jehovah”; in this translation it is usually rendered “the Lord” (note the use of small capitals).

10 So he took me in the Spirit[a] to a great, high mountain, and he showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.

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Footnotes

  1. 21:10 Or in spirit.

And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.

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16 But they were looking for a better place, a heavenly homeland. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

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10 Abraham was confidently looking forward to a city with eternal foundations, a city designed and built by God.

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The Lord’s home reaches up to the heavens,
    while its foundation is on the earth.
He draws up water from the oceans
    and pours it down as rain on the land.
    The Lord is his name!

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It is the Lord who created the stars,
    the Pleiades and Orion.
He turns darkness into morning
    and day into night.
He draws up water from the oceans
    and pours it down as rain on the land.
    The Lord is his name!

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18 You show unfailing love to thousands, but you also bring the consequences of one generation’s sin upon the next. You are the great and powerful God, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

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16 But the God of Israel[a] is no idol!
    He is the Creator of everything that exists,
including Israel, his own special possession.
    The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is his name!

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Footnotes

  1. 10:16 Hebrew the Portion of Jacob. See note on 5:20.

Give the Lord no rest until he completes his work,
    until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth.

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21 I have made Israel for myself,
    and they will someday honor me before the whole world.

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The Savior of Israel

43 But now, O Jacob, listen to the Lord who created you.
    O Israel, the one who formed you says,
“Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you.
    I have called you by name; you are mine.

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32 What should we tell the Philistine messengers? Tell them,

“The Lord has built Jerusalem[a];
    its walls will give refuge to his oppressed people.”

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Footnotes

  1. 14:32 Hebrew Zion.

16 For the Lord will rebuild Jerusalem.
    He will appear in his glory.

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Regarding Jerusalem[a] it will be said,
    “Everyone enjoys the rights of citizenship there.”
    And the Most High will personally bless this city.

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Footnotes

  1. 87:5 Hebrew Zion.

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