17 “So you shall know that I am the Lord your God,
Dwelling in Zion My (A)holy mountain.
Then Jerusalem shall be holy,
And no aliens shall ever pass through her again.”

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27 Then you shall know that I am (A)in the midst of Israel:
(B)I am the Lord your God
And there is no other.
My people shall never be put to shame.

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15 Behold, on the mountains
The (A)feet of him who brings good tidings,
Who proclaims peace!
O Judah, keep your appointed feasts,
Perform your vows.
For the [a]wicked one shall no more pass through you;
He is (B)utterly cut off.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:15 Lit. one of Belial

God Redeems Jerusalem

52 Awake, awake!
Put on your strength, O Zion;
Put on your beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, the holy city!
For the uncircumcised (A)and the unclean
Shall no longer come to you.

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27 But (A)there shall by no means enter it anything [a]that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s (B)Book of Life.

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  1. Revelation 21:27 NU, M profane, nor one who causes

And it shall come to pass that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem (A)will be called holy—everyone who is (B)recorded among the living in Jerusalem.

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Future Prosperity of Judah

23 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “They shall again use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I bring back their captivity: (A)‘The Lord bless you, O home of justice, and (B)mountain of holiness!’

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20 In that day (A)“HOLINESS TO THE LORD” shall be engraved on the bells of the horses. The (B)pots in the Lord’s house shall be like the bowls before the altar. 21 Yes, [a]every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holiness to the Lord of hosts. Everyone who sacrifices shall come and take them and cook in them. In that day there shall no longer be a (C)Canaanite (D)in the house of the Lord of hosts.

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  1. Zechariah 14:21 Or on every pot . . . shall be engraved “HOLINESS TO THE LORD OF HOSTS”

21 For I will (A)acquit them of the guilt of bloodshed, whom I had not acquitted;
For the Lord dwells in Zion.”

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“Thus says the Lord:

(A)‘I will return to Zion,
And (B)dwell in the midst of Jerusalem.
Jerusalem (C)shall be called the City of Truth,
(D)The Mountain of the Lord of hosts,
(E)The Holy Mountain.’

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Joy in God’s Faithfulness

14 (A)Sing, O daughter of Zion!
Shout, O Israel!
Be glad and rejoice with all your heart,
O daughter of Jerusalem!
15 The Lord has taken away your judgments,
He has cast out your enemy.
(B)The King of Israel, the Lord, (C)is in your midst;
You shall [a]see disaster no more.

16 In that day (D)it shall be said to Jerusalem:
“Do not fear;
Zion, (E)let not your hands be weak.

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  1. Zephaniah 3:15 So with Heb. mss., LXX, Bg.; MT, Vg. fear

I will make the lame (A)a remnant,
And the outcast a strong nation;
So the Lord (B)will reign over them in Mount Zion
From now on, even forever.

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16 (A)For as you drank on My holy mountain,
So shall all the nations drink continually;
Yes, they shall drink, and swallow,
And they shall be as though they had never been.

Israel’s Final Triumph

17 “But on Mount Zion there (B)shall be [a]deliverance,
And there shall be holiness;
The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

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  1. Obadiah 1:17 Or salvation

45 And he shall plant the tents of his palace between the seas and (A)the glorious holy mountain; (B)yet he shall come to his end, and no one will help him.

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35 All the way around shall be eighteen thousand cubits; (A)and the name of the city from that day shall be: (B)THE[a] LORD IS THERE.”

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  1. Ezekiel 48:35 Heb. YHWH Shammah

12 This is the law of the [a]temple: The whole area surrounding (A)the mountaintop is most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.

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  1. Ezekiel 43:12 Lit. house

A (A)highway shall be there, and a road,
And it shall be called the Highway of Holiness.
(B)The unclean shall not pass over it,
But it shall be for others.
Whoever walks the road, although a fool,
Shall not go astray.

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(A)Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion,
For great is (B)the Holy One of Israel in your midst!”

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In [a]Salem also is His tabernacle,
And His dwelling place in Zion.

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  1. Psalm 76:2 Jerusalem

11 Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion!
(A)Declare His deeds among the people.

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