Joel 3:17

The Lord’s Presence in Zion

3:17 You will be convinced ¹  that I the Lord am your God,

dwelling on Zion, my holy mountain.

Jerusalem ²  will be holy –

conquering armies ³  will no longer pass through it.

Ezekiel 48:35

48:35 The circumference of the city will be six miles. ⁴  The name of the city from that day forward will be: ‘The Lord Is There.’” ⁵ 

Revelation 21:3

21:3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Look! The residence ⁶  of God is among human beings. ⁷  He ⁸  will live among them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them. ⁹ 

[3:17]  ¹ tn Heb “know.”

[3:17]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[3:17]  ³ tn Heb “strangers” or “foreigners.” In context, this refers to invasions by conquering armies.

[48:35]  ⁴ tn Heb “eighteen thousand cubits” (i.e., 9.45 kilometers).

[48:35]  ⁵ sn See Rev 21:12-21.

[21:3]  ⁶ tn Or “dwelling place”; traditionally, “tabernacle”; literally “tent.”

[21:3]  ⁷ tn Or “people”; Grk “men” (ἀνθρώπων, anqrwpwn), a generic use of the term. In the translation “human beings” was used here because “people” occurs later in the verse and translates a different Greek word (λαοί, laoi).

[21:3]  ⁸ tn Grk “men, and he.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[21:3]  ⁹ tc ‡ Most mss (א Ï^K) do not add the words “[as] their God” (αὐτῶν θεός, autwn qeos) after “he will be with them.” The mss with these words include A 2030 2050 2329 al. The Andreas group (Ï^A) also has the words, but in a different arrangement with the preceding (ἔσται μετ᾿ αὐτῶν θεὸς αὐτῶν, estai met’ autwn qeo" autwn). Not only do the words float, but scribes may have been motivated to make a connection here more directly with Isa 7:14; 8:8; Jer 24:7; 31:33; Zech 8:8. In light of sufficient external evidence as well as the possibility that the longer reading is theologically motivated, the shorter reading is preferred. NA²⁷ places the words in brackets, indicating doubts as to their authenticity.