Zechariah 14:11

14:11 And people will settle there, and there will no longer be the threat of divine extermination – Jerusalem will dwell in security.

Psalms 72:4

72:4 He will defend ¹  the oppressed among the people;

he will deliver ²  the children ³  of the poor

and crush the oppressor.

Isaiah 52:1

52:1 Wake up! Wake up!

Clothe yourself with strength, O Zion!

Put on your beautiful clothes,

O Jerusalem, ⁴  holy city!

For uncircumcised and unclean pagans

will no longer invade you.

Isaiah 54:14

54:14 You will be reestablished when I vindicate you. ⁵ 

You will not experience oppression; ⁶ 

indeed, you will not be afraid.

You will not be terrified, ⁷ 

for nothing frightening ⁸  will come near you.

Isaiah 60:18

60:18 Sounds of violence ⁹  will no longer be heard in your land,

or the sounds of ¹⁰  destruction and devastation within your borders.

You will name your walls, ‘Deliverance,’

and your gates, ‘Praise.’

Jeremiah 31:12

31:12 They will come and shout for joy on Mount Zion.

They will be radiant with joy ¹¹  over the good things the Lord provides,

the grain, the fresh wine, the olive oil,

the young sheep and calves he has given to them.

They will be like a well-watered garden

and will not grow faint or weary any more.

Ezekiel 28:24-25

28:24 “‘No longer will Israel suffer from the sharp briers ¹²  or painful thorns of all who surround and scorn them. ¹³  Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord.

28:25 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: When I regather the house of Israel from the peoples where they are dispersed, I will reveal my sovereign power ¹⁴  over them in the sight of the nations, and they will live in their land that I gave to my servant Jacob.

Ezekiel 39:29

39:29 I will no longer hide my face from them, when I pour out my Spirit on the house of Israel, ¹⁵  declares the sovereign Lord.”

Amos 9:15

9:15 I will plant them on their land

and they will never again be uprooted from the ¹⁶  land I have given them,”

says the Lord your God.

Revelation 20:1-3

The Thousand Year Reign

20:1 Then ¹⁷  I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding ¹⁸  in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain. 20:2 He ¹⁹  seized the dragon – the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan – and tied him up for a thousand years. 20:3 The angel ²⁰  then ²¹  threw him into the abyss and locked ²²  and sealed it so that he could not deceive the nations until the one thousand years were finished. (After these things he must be released for a brief period of time.)

[72:4]  ¹ tn Heb “judge [for].”

[72:4]  ² tn The prefixed verbal form appears to be an imperfect, not a jussive.

[72:4]  ³ tn Heb “sons.”

[52:1]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[54:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “in righteousness [or “vindication”] you will be established.” The precise meaning of צְדָקָה (tsÿdaqah) here is uncertain. It could mean “righteousness, justice,” indicating that the city will be a center for justice. But the context focuses on deliverance, suggesting that the term means “deliverance, vindication” here.

[54:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “Be far from oppression!” The imperative is used here in a rhetorical manner to express certainty and assurance. See GKC 324 §110.c.

[54:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “from terror.” The rhetorical command, “be far” is understood by ellipsis here. Note the preceding context.

[54:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “it,” i.e., the “terror” just mentioned.

[60:18]  ⁹ tn The words “sounds of” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[60:18]  ¹⁰ tn The words “sounds of” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[31:12]  ¹¹ tn Reading a Qal perfect from the root II נָהַר (nahar; so KBL 509 s.v. and HALOT 639 s.v.) rather than I נָהַר (so BDB 625 s.v.).

[28:24]  ¹² sn Similar language is used in reference to Israel’s adversaries in Num 33:55; Josh 23:13.

[28:24]  ¹³ tn Heb “and there will not be for the house of Israel a brier that pricks and a thorn that inflicts pain from all the ones who surround them, the ones who scorn them.”

[28:25]  ¹⁴ tn Or “reveal my holiness.” See verse 22.

[39:29]  ¹⁵ sn See Ezek 11:19; 37:14.

[9:15]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “their.” The pronoun was replaced by the English definite article in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[20:1]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[20:1]  ¹⁸ tn The word “holding” is implied. The two clauses “having the key of the abyss” and “a huge chain in his hand” can be construed in two ways: (1) both are controlled by the participle ἔχοντα (econta) and both are modified by the phrase “in his hand” – “having in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain.” (2) The participle ἔχοντα refers only to the key, and the phrase “in his hand” refers only to the chain – “having the key of the abyss and holding a huge chain in his hand.” Because of the stylistic tendency in Rev to use the verb ἔχω (ecw) to mean “hold (something)” and the phrase “in his hand” forming a “bracket” along with the verb ἔχω around both the phrases in question, the first option is preferred.

[20:2]  ¹⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[20:3]  ²⁰ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the angel introduced in v. 1) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:3]  ²¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[20:3]  ²² tn Or “and shut.” While the lexical force of the term is closer to “shut,” it is acceptable to render the verb ἔκλεισεν (ekleisen) as “locked” here in view of the mention of the key in the previous verse.