even though you call yourself the holy city and talk about depending on the God of Israel, whose name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

他们自称为圣城的人，所倚靠的是名为万军之耶和华以色列的神。

你们还自称为圣城的人，声称倚靠名为万军之耶和华的以色列的上帝。

他们被称为圣城的人，又倚靠以色列的神；他的名字是万军之耶和华。

你们自称是圣城的人，依靠的是名为万军之耶和华以色列的神——你们要听这话：

他們自稱為聖城的人，所倚靠的是名為萬軍之耶和華－以色列的神。

你們還自稱為聖城的人，聲稱倚靠名為萬軍之耶和華的以色列的上帝。

他們被稱為聖城的人，又倚靠以色列的神；他的名字是萬軍之耶和華。

儘管他們自稱為聖城的人，又依賴着以色列之上帝，萬軍之永恆主耶和華是他的名的。

你們自稱是聖城的人，依靠的是名為萬軍之耶和華以色列的神——你們要聽這話：

蓋彼自稱為聖邑之民、恃以色列之上帝、名為萬軍之耶和華也、

自稱為聖邑之民、自謂恃以色列之天主、名為萬有之主、

you who call yourselves citizens of the holy city and claim to rely on the God of Israel— the Lord Almighty is his name:

You call yourselves citizens of the holy city of Jerusalem. You say you depend on Israel’s God. His name is the Lord Who Rules Over All. He says,

For they call themselves after the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel; the Lord of hosts is his name.

For they are named after the holy city, and lean on the God of Israel; his name is the LORD of Armies.

For they name themselves after the holy city, And lean on the God of Israel; The Lord of armies is His name.

For they call themselves after the holy city, And lean on the God of Israel; The Lord of hosts is His name:

( for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; Jehovah of hosts is his name):

For they are named after the Holy City, and lean on the God of Israel; His name is Yahweh of Hosts.

For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts[ is] his name.

Indeed, they live in the holy city; they trust in the God of Israel, whose name is the LORD who commands armies.

for they call themselves citizens of the holy city, and rely on the God of Israel; Yahweh of Armies is his name.

You rulers make decisions based on bribes; you priests teach God’s laws only for a price; you prophets won’t prophesy unless you are paid. Yet all of you claim to depend on the Lord.“ No harm can come to us,” you say,“ for the Lord is here among us.”

You who call yourselves Jews are relying on God’s law, and you boast about your special relationship with him.

Wake up, wake up, O Zion! Clothe yourself with strength. Put on your beautiful clothes, O holy city of Jerusalem, for unclean and godless people will enter your gates no longer.

In that day the remnant left in Israel, the survivors in the house of Jacob, will no longer depend on allies who seek to destroy them. But they will faithfully trust the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

“ Please speak to the Lord for us and ask him to help us. King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon is attacking Judah. Perhaps the Lord will be gracious and do a mighty miracle as he has done in the past. Perhaps he will force Nebuchadnezzar to withdraw his armies.”

They left the cemetery after Jesus’ resurrection, went into the holy city of Jerusalem, and appeared to many people.

Then the devil took him to the holy city, Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple,

Our Redeemer, whose name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, is the Holy One of Israel.

Yet you have forgotten the Lord, your Creator, the one who stretched out the sky like a canopy and laid the foundations of the earth. Will you remain in constant dread of human oppressors? Will you continue to fear the anger of your enemies? Where is their fury and anger now? It is gone!

How great is the Lord, how deserving of praise, in the city of our God, which sits on his holy mountain!

But don’t be fooled by those who promise you safety simply because the Lord’s Temple is here. They chant,“ The Lord’s Temple is here! The Lord’s Temple is here!”But I will be merciful only if you stop your evil thoughts and deeds and start treating each other with justice;only if you stop exploiting foreigners, orphans, and widows; only if you stop your murdering; and only if you stop harming yourselves by worshiping idols.Then I will let you stay in this land that I gave to your ancestors to keep forever.“‘ Don’t be fooled into thinking that you will never suffer because the Temple is here. It’s a lie!Do you really think you can steal, murder, commit adultery, lie, and burn incense to Baal and all those other new gods of yours,and then come here and stand before me in my Temple and chant,“ We are safe!”— only to go right back to all those evils again?Don’t you yourselves admit that this Temple, which bears my name, has become a den of thieves? Surely I see all the evil going on there. I, the Lord, have spoken!

Instead, you are trying to kill me because I told you the truth, which I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.No, you are imitating your real father.” They replied,“ We aren’t illegitimate children! God himself is our true Father.”

Your holy cities are destroyed. Zion is a wilderness; yes, Jerusalem is a desolate ruin.The holy and beautiful Temple where our ancestors praised you has been burned down, and all the things of beauty are destroyed.

“ I know the Lord will bless me now,” Micah said,“ because I have a Levite serving as my priest.”

The leaders of the people were living in Jerusalem, the holy city. A tenth of the people from the other towns of Judah and Benjamin were chosen by sacred lots to live there, too, while the rest stayed where they were.

O city of God, what glorious things are said of you! Interlude

But the God of Israel is no idol! He is the Creator of everything that exists, including Israel, his own special possession. The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is his name!

After the battle was over, the troops retreated to their camp, and the elders of Israel asked,“ Why did the Lord allow us to be defeated by the Philistines?” Then they said,“ Let’s bring the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord from Shiloh. If we carry it into battle with us, it will save us from our enemies.”So they sent men to Shiloh to bring the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, who is enthroned between the cherubim. Hophni and Phinehas, the sons of Eli, were also there with the Ark of the Covenant of God.When all the Israelites saw the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord coming into the camp, their shout of joy was so loud it made the ground shake!

And if anyone removes any of the words from this book of prophecy, God will remove that person’s share in the tree of life and in the holy city that are described in this book.

And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.

In all, there were 284 Levites in the holy city.

But do not measure the outer courtyard, for it has been turned over to the nations. They will trample the holy city for 42 months.

“ A period of seventy sets of seven has been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish their rebellion, to put an end to their sin, to atone for their guilt, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to confirm the prophetic vision, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.