Ezekiel 42:20

42:20 He measured it on all four sides. It had a wall around it, 875 feet long and 875 feet wide, to separate the holy and common places.

Psalms 125:2

125:2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, ¹ 

so the Lord surrounds his people,

now and forevermore.

Isaiah 26:1

Judah Will Celebrate

26:1 At that time ²  this song will be sung in the land of Judah:

“We have a strong city!

The Lord’s ³  deliverance, like walls and a rampart, makes it secure. ⁴ 

Isaiah 60:18

60:18 Sounds of violence ⁵  will no longer be heard in your land,

or the sounds of ⁶  destruction and devastation within your borders.

You will name your walls, ‘Deliverance,’

and your gates, ‘Praise.’

Zechariah 2:5

2:5 But I (the Lord says) will be a wall of fire surrounding Jerusalem ⁷  and the source of glory in her midst.’”

Revelation 21:12

21:12 It has ⁸  a massive, high wall ⁹  with twelve gates, ¹⁰  with twelve angels at the gates, and the names of the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel ¹¹  are written on the gates. ¹² 

¹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

² tn Heb “In that day” (so KJV).

³ tn Heb “his”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “deliverance he makes walls and a rampart.”

⁵ tn The words “sounds of” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁶ tn The words “sounds of” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁷ tn Heb “her”; the referent (Jerusalem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Grk “jasper, having.” Here a new sentence was started in the translation.

⁹ tn Grk “a (city) wall great and high.”

¹⁰ tn On this term BDAG 897 s.v. πυλών 1 states, “gate, esp. of the large, impressive gateways at the entrance of temples and palaces…of the entrances of the heavenly Jerusalem…οἱ πυλῶνες αὐτῆς οὐ μὴ κλεισθῶσιν its entrances shall never be shut Rv 21:25; cp. vss. 12ab, 13abcd, 15, 21ab; 22:14.”

¹¹ tn Grk “of the sons of Israel.” The translation “nation of Israel” is given in L&N 11.58.

¹² tn Grk “on them”; the referent (the gates) has been specified in the translation for clarity.