Genesis 22:14

22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place “The Lord provides.” ¹  It is said to this day, ²  “In the mountain of the Lord provision will be made.” ³ 

Exodus 17:15

17:15 Moses built an altar, and he called it “The Lord is my Banner,” ⁴ 

Jeremiah 23:6

23:6 Under his rule ⁵  Judah will enjoy safety ⁶ 

and Israel will live in security. ⁷ 

This is the name he will go by:

‘The Lord has provided us with justice.’ ⁸ 

Jeremiah 33:16

33:16 Under his rule Judah will enjoy safety ⁹  and Jerusalem ¹⁰  will live in security. At that time Jerusalem will be called “The Lord has provided us with justice.” ¹¹ 

Ezekiel 48:35

48:35 The circumference of the city will be six miles. ¹²  The name of the city from that day forward will be: ‘The Lord Is There.’” ¹³ 

[22:14]  ¹ tn Heb “the Lord sees” (יְהוָה יִרְאֶה, yÿhvah yir’eh, traditionally transliterated “Jehovah Jireh”; see the note on the word “provide” in v. 8). By so naming the place Abraham preserved in the memory of God’s people the amazing event that took place there.

[22:14]  ² sn On the expression to this day see B. Childs, “A Study of the Formula ‘Until this Day’,” JBL 82 (1963): 279-92.

[22:14]  ³ sn The saying connected with these events has some ambiguity, which was probably intended. The Niphal verb could be translated (1) “in the mountain of the Lord it will be seen/provided” or (2) “in the mountain the Lord will appear.” If the temple later stood here (see the note on “Moriah” in Gen 22:2), the latter interpretation might find support, for the people went to the temple to appear before the Lord, who “appeared” to them by providing for them his power and blessings. See S. R. Driver, Genesis, 219.

[17:15]  ⁴ sn Heb “Yahweh-nissi” (so NAB), which means “Yahweh is my banner.” Note that when Israel murmured and failed God, the name commemorated the incident or the outcome of their failure. When they were blessed with success, the naming praised God. Here the holding up of the staff of God was preserved in the name for the altar – God gave them the victory.

[23:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “In his days [= during the time he rules].”

[23:6]  ⁶ tn Parallelism and context (cf. v. 4) suggest this nuance for the word often translated “be saved.” For this nuance elsewhere see Ps 119:117; Prov 28:18 for the verb (יָשַׁע [yasha’] in the Niphal); and Ps 12:6; Job 5:4, 11 for the related noun (יֶשַׁע, yesha’).

[23:6]  ⁷ sn It should be noted that this brief oracle of deliverance implies the reunification of Israel and Judah under the future Davidic ruler. Jeremiah has already spoken about this reunification earlier in 3:18 and will have more to say about it in 30:3; 31:27, 31. This same ideal was espoused in the prophecies of Hosea (1:10-11 [2:1-2 HT]), Isaiah (11:1-4, 10-12), and Ezekiel (37:15-28) all of which have messianic and eschatological significance.

[23:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “his name will be called ‘The Lord our righteousness’.”

[33:16]  ⁹ tn For the translation of this term in this context see the parallel context in 23:6 and consult the translator’s note there.

[33:16]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[33:16]  ¹¹ tn Heb “And this is what will be called to it: ‘The Lord our righteousness.’”

[48:35]  ¹² tn Heb “eighteen thousand cubits” (i.e., 9.45 kilometers).

[48:35]  ¹³ sn See Rev 21:12-21.