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It shall be eighteen thousand [reeds] round about: and the name of the city from that day shall be, Yahweh is there.
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The Ultimate Promise
Commentators agree that the book of Ezekiel culminates in this powerful name for the city: 'Jehovah-Shammah,' meaning 'The Lord is there.' This signifies God's promise of a permanent, glorious, and special presence with His people, a promise ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who is 'Emmanuel' (God with us).
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The circuit of the city walls, a square of 4500 reeds, was 18,000 reeds, not quite 37 English miles. The circuit of Jerusalem in the time of Joseph…
19th Century
Anglican
Around eighteen thousand. — The circuit of the city, not including its “suburbs,” or open space, was 4 x 4,500 = 18,000 reeds, or …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
It was round about eighteen thousand measures Putting the numbers together which each side made, the circumference o…
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