2 Chronicles 6:6
King James Version
6 But I have chosen Jerusalem,
that my name might be there;
and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
It's good to know what Jerusalem stands for.
What better source, than Scripture?
A "crown of glory"; a "royal diadem"
Isaiah 62:3
King James Version
3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory
in the hand of the Lord,
and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
A "praise in the earth"
Isaiah 62:7
King James Version
7 And give him no rest,
till he establish,
and till he make Jerusalem
a praise in the earth.
The "throne of the Lord"
Jeremiah 3:17
King James Version
17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem
the throne of the Lord;
and all the nations shall be gathered unto it,
to the name of the Lord,
to Jerusalem:
neither shall they walk any more
after the imagination of their evil heart.
A "city of truth"
Zechariah 8:3
King James Version
3 Thus saith the Lord;
I am returned unto Zion,
and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem:
and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth;
and the mountain of the Lord of hosts the holy mountain.
A "cup of trembling"
Zechariah 12:2
King James Version
2 Behold,
I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling
unto all the people round about,
when they shall be in the siege
both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
A "burdensome stone"
Zechariah 12:3
King James Version
3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem
a burdensome stone for all people:
all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces,
though all the people of the earth
be gathered together against it.
A "city not forsaken"
Isaiah 62:12
King James Version
12 And they shall call them,
The holy people,
The redeemed of the Lord:
and thou shalt be called,
Sought out,
A city not forsaken.
"Hephzibah" and "Beulah"
Isaiah 62:4
King James Version
4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken;
neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate:
but thou shalt be called Hephzibah,
and thy land Beulah:
for the Lord delighteth in thee,
and thy land shall be married.
Which "killest the prophets"
Luke 13:34
King James Version
34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
which killest the prophets,
and stonest them that are sent unto thee;
how often would I have gathered thy children together,
as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings,
and ye would not!
"Desolate"
Luke 13:35
King James Version
35 Behold,
your house is left unto you desolate:
and verily I say unto you,
Ye shall not see me,
until the time come when ye shall say,
Blessed is he that cometh
in the name of the Lord.
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