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Lexicon :: Strong's H7931 - šāḵan

Aa
שָׁכַן
Transliteration
šāḵan
Pronunciation
shaw-kan'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [apparently akin (by transmission) to שָׁכַב (H7901) through the idea of lodging]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2387

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁכַן shâkan, shaw-kan'; a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to H7901 through the idea of lodging; compare H5531, H7925); to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively):—abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 129x

The KJV translates Strong's H7931 in the following manner: dwell (92x), abide (8x), place (7x), remain (5x), inhabit (4x), rest (3x), set (2x), continue (1x), dwellers (1x), dwelling (1x), miscellaneous (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 129x
The KJV translates Strong's H7931 in the following manner: dwell (92x), abide (8x), place (7x), remain (5x), inhabit (4x), rest (3x), set (2x), continue (1x), dwellers (1x), dwelling (1x), miscellaneous (5x).

  1. to settle down, abide, dwell, tabernacle, reside

    1. (Qal)

      1. to settle down to abide

      2. to abide, dwell, reside

    2. (Piel)

      1. to make settle down, establish

      2. to make or cause to dwell

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to lay, place, set, establish, settle, fix

      2. to cause to dwell or abide

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁכַן shâkan, shaw-kan'; a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to H7901 through the idea of lodging; compare H5531, H7925); to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively):—abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
STRONGS H7931: Abbreviations
שָׁכַן, שָׁכֵ֑ן129 verb settle down, abide, dwell (Late Hebrew id.; Ecclus 43:17d +; Phoenician שכן Lzb375; Aramaic שְׁכֵין; Syriac bdb101404, all dwell; Arabic bdb101405 rest, dwell, compare Assyrian šakânu, set, lay, deposit, set up (a dwelling), intransitive be situated (of city), maškanu, place, dwelling-place); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ Exodus 40:35 + 5 times; שָׁכֵ֑ן Deuteronomy 33:12 + 2 times, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׁכֹּן Genesis 16:12 +; יִשְׁכָּןֿ Numbers 9:17 + 2 times; 3rd person masculine plural יִשְׁכֹּ֑נוּ Jeremiah 49:31; 3rd person feminine plural תִּשְׁכֹּ֑נָּה Ezekiel 17:23, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שְׁכֹן Genesis 26:2; Psalm 37:27; שְׁכָןֿ Psalm 37:3 masculine plural שִׁכְנוּ. Jeremiah 48:28; Infinitive construct בִּשְׁכֹּן (Ges§ 45 g) Genesis 35:22, לִשְׁכּוֹן 2 Chronicles 6:1, etc.; suffix שָׁכְנִי Exodus 29:46; שִׁכְנוֺ Deuteronomy 12:5 (but see Pi. 1), etc.; Participle שֹׁכֵן Genesis 14:13 +, שֹׁכְנִי (Ges§ 90 l m) Deuteronomy 33:16 + 3 times; suffix feminine singular שֹׁכַנְתְּי Jeremiah 51:13; Passive participle, apparently plural construct with art, הַשְּׁכוּנֵי Judges 8:11 (but corrupt, proper name, of a location needed, see GFM): —
1. settle down to abide:
a. of person: encamp Numbers 24:2 (E); settle permanently Psalm 102:29 [Psalm 102:28] (absolute: || יִכּוֺן); כמלך שׁ׳ Job 29:25 (|| ישׁב); settle down (to remain) Judges 5:17; תַּחְתָּיו 2 Samuel 7:10 = 1 Chronicles 17:9 (not to be removed); especially at rest, peace, in security, לבטח Jeremiah 23:6; Jeremiah 33:16; Deuteronomy 33:12, compare בין כתפים Deuteronomy 33:12; Psalm 16:9 (|| שׂמח); בטח Deuteronomy 33:28; Proverbs 1:33; (ל)בדד Numbers 23:9 (poem) Jeremiah 49:31; Micah 7:14; land of Egypt Jeremiah 46:26 (remain undisturbed), so Jeremiah 50:39; Isaiah 13:20 (|| תֵּשֵׁב, compare ישׁב 4); with accusitive מרומים Isaiah 33:16; absolute Nahum 3:18, subject אדּירים (We יָֽשְׁנוּ, Now יִשְׁכְּבוּ; || נָמוּ); Proverbs 7:11 her feet tarry not in her house.
b. of animals: כְּלָבִיא Deuteronomy 33:20; ב location Isaiah 34:11; Job 37:8; שָׁם Isaiah 13:21; birds תַּחַת שׁ׳ (under) Ezekiel 17:23, בְּצֵל שׁ׳ Ezekiel 17:23; with עַל = upon Ezekiel 31:13, = by Psalm 104:12; with accusative סֶלַע Job 39:28; absolute, of man under figure of bird, אָע֫וּפָה וְאֶשְׁכֹּ֑נָה Psalm 55:7 [Psalm 55:6].
c. things: with עַל of cloud, Job 3:5 settle down over; compare Exodus 24:16; Exodus 40:35; Numbers 9:17, Numbers 9:18, Numbers 9:22 (all P); with בְּ Numbers 10:12 (P).
2. abide, dwell:
a. of men: absolute Psalm 37:27 (לְעוֺלָם); שָׁ֫מָּה Isaiah 65:9; with ב location Psalm 69:37 [Psalm 69:36]; Job 18:15; Job 30:6; Micah 4:10; Jeremiah 48:28 + 10 times; לְחוֺף יִמִּים Genesis 49:13; with עַל, by Judges 5:17; Jeremiah 51:13; upon Psalm 37:29; על פני Genesis 16:12 (J); with עִם with Psalm 120:5, Psalm 120:6; with accusative Proverbs 2:21; Jeremiah 17:6 + 5 times; מִן ֗֗֗ עַד Genesis 25:18 (J); שֹׁכְנֵי אָ֑רֶץ Isaiah 18:3 (|| ישְׁבֵי תֵבֵל).
b. of the dead: שֹׁכְנֵי עָפָר Isaiah 26:19 (|| רְפָאִים); compare Job 26:5 (|| id.), so mortals; שֹׁכְנֵי בָתֵּי חֹמֶר Job 4:19; דוּמָה שׁ׳ Psalm 94:17 (i.e. שׁאול).
c. of God: בָּֽעֲרָפֶל שׁ׳ 1 Kings 8:12 2 Chronicles 6:1 (poem); מָרוֺם Isaiah 33:5; עַד Isaiah 57:15; מָרוֺם וְקָדוֺשׁ Isaiah 57:15; סְנֶה שׁ׳ Deuteronomy 33:16 (theoph.); בְּאָֽהֳלֵישֵֿׁם Genesis 9:27 (J, see BrMP 82; al. Japheth subject); בְּתוֺכָם Exodus 25:8; Exodus 29:46; Numbers 5:3 (all P), Ezekiel 43:9; with בְּתוֺךְ elsewhere Exodus 29:45 (P) + 6 times; ב location Psalm 85:10 [Psalm 85:9]; later בְּצִיּוֺן Joel 4:17 [Joel 3:17]; Joel 4:21 [Joel 3:21]; בְּהַר צִיּוֺן Isaiah 8:18; Psalm 68:17 [Psalm 68:16]; Psalm 68:19 [Psalm 68:18] (absolute) + 4 times; יְרוּשָׁלַםִ Psalm 135:21.
d. things: אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד, with את Leviticus 16:16 (P); שָׁם מִשְׁכַּן י׳ Joshua 22:19 (P); אוֺר Job 38:19.
e. abstract subject: מִשְׁפָּט Isaiah 32:16 (בַּמִּדְבָּר); חָכְמָה with accusative עָרְמָה Proverbs 8:12.
† Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שִׁכֵּן Psalm 78:60; 1st person singular שִׁכַּנְתִּי Jeremiah 7:7, Jeremiah 7:12; Imperfect 1st person singular אֲשַׁכְּנָה Jeremiah 7:3; Infinitive construct שַׁכֵּן Numbers 14:30 + 7 times; suffix שַׁכְּנוֺ Deuteronomy 12:5 (so read for MT לְשִׁכְנוֺ, compare Köii. l. 21); —
1. make settle down, establish: בָּֽאָדָֽם אֹהֶל שׁ׳ Psalm 78:60 especially in Deuteronomy, לְשַׁכֵּן שְׁמוֺ שָׁם establish his name there (compare šakan šuma as Canaanism WklTelAm. 138 Rev. 20; 181. 6) Deuteronomy 12:11; Deuteronomy 14:23; Deuteronomy 16:2, Deuteronomy 16:6, Deuteronomy 16:11; Deuteronomy 26:2, compare Jeremiah 7:12; Nehemiah 1:9; + לְשִׁכְנֹו שָׁם אֶת־שְׁמֹו לָשׂוּם H7933 Deuteronomy 12:5 (read לְשַׁכְּנוֺ).
2. make to dwell: with accusative of person, ב location, Numbers 14:30 (J) Jeremiah 7:3, Jeremiah 7:7.
† Hiph. Perfect 1st person singular הִשְׁכַּ֫נְתִּי Ezekiel 3:24; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular jussive יַשְׁכֵּן Psalm 7:6 [Psalm 7:5], וַיַּשְׁכֵּן Genesis 3:24; Psalm 78:55, etc.; —
1.
a. lay, כבודי לעפר lay my honour in the dust (of death); place, set, Genesis 3:24 (J); place, establish, אהל מועד at Shilo Joshua 18:1 (P).
b. cause birds to settle, עַל Ezekiel 32:4.
2. cause to dwell, with accusative of person, ב location, Psalm 78:55; compare Job 11:14.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7932.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:24; 3:24; 9:27; 14:13; 16:12; 16:12; 25:18; 26:2; 35:22; 49:13

Exodus

24:16; 25:8; 29:45; 29:46; 29:46; 40:35; 40:35

Leviticus

16:16

Numbers

5:3; 9:17; 9:17; 9:18; 9:22; 10:12; 14:30; 14:30; 23:9; 24:2

Deuteronomy

12:5; 12:5; 12:5; 12:11; 14:23; 16:2; 16:6; 16:11; 26:2; 33:12; 33:12; 33:12; 33:16; 33:16; 33:20; 33:28

Joshua

18:1; 22:19

Judges

5:17; 5:17; 8:11

2 Samuel

7:10

1 Kings

8:12

1 Chronicles

17:9

2 Chronicles

6:1; 6:1

Nehemiah

1:9

Job

3:5; 4:19; 11:14; 18:15; 26:5; 29:25; 30:6; 37:8; 38:19; 39:28

Psalms

7:5; 16:9; 37:27; 37:27; 37:29; 55:6; 68:16; 68:18; 69:36; 78:55; 78:55; 78:60; 78:60; 85:9; 94:17; 102:28; 104:12; 120:5; 120:6; 135:21

Proverbs

1:33; 2:21; 7:11; 8:12

Isaiah

8:18; 13:20; 13:21; 18:3; 26:19; 32:16; 33:5; 33:16; 34:11; 57:15; 57:15; 65:9

Jeremiah

7:3; 7:3; 7:7; 7:7; 7:12; 7:12; 17:6; 23:6; 33:16; 46:26; 48:28; 48:28; 49:31; 49:31; 50:39; 51:13; 51:13

Ezekiel

3:24; 17:23; 17:23; 17:23; 31:13; 32:4; 43:9

Joel

3:17; 3:21

Micah

4:10; 7:14

Nahum

3:18

H7931

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7931 matches the Hebrew שָׁכַן (šāḵan),
which occurs 129 times in 123 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Job 29:25–Jer 23:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:25 - Like a chief, I told them what to do.
I lived like a king among his troops
and comforted those who mourned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:6 - So now they live in frightening ravines,
in caves and among the rocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:8 - The wild animals take cover
and stay inside their dens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:19 - “Where does light come from,
and where does darkness go?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:28 - It lives on the cliffs,
making its home on a distant, rocky crag.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:5 - then let my enemies capture me.
Let them trample me into the ground
and drag my honor in the dust.
Interlude

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:1 - A psalm of David.

Who may worship in your sanctuary, LORD?
Who may enter your presence on your holy hill?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:9 - No wonder my heart is glad, and I rejoice.[fn]
My body rests in safety.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:3 - Trust in the LORD and do good.
Then you will live safely in the land and prosper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:27 - Turn from evil and do good,
and you will live in the land forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:29 - The godly will possess the land
and will live there forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:6 - Oh, that I had wings like a dove;
then I would fly away and rest!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:4 - What joy for those you choose to bring near,
those who live in your holy courts.
What festivities await us
inside your holy Temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:6 - God places the lonely in families;
he sets the prisoners free and gives them joy.
But he makes the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:16 - Why do you look with envy, O rugged mountains,
at Mount Zion, where God has chosen to live,
where the LORD himself will live forever?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:18 - When you ascended to the heights,
you led a crowd of captives.
You received gifts from the people,
even from those who rebelled against you.
Now the LORD God will live among us there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:36 - The descendants of those who obey him will inherit the land,
and those who love him will live there in safety.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:2 - Remember that we are the people you chose long ago,
the tribe you redeemed as your own special possession!
And remember Jerusalem,[fn] your home here on earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55 - He drove out the nations before them;
he gave them their inheritance by lot.
He settled the tribes of Israel into their homes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:60

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:60 - Then he abandoned his dwelling at Shiloh,
the Tabernacle where he had lived among the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:9 - Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him,
so our land will be filled with his glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:17 - Unless the LORD had helped me,
I would soon have settled in the silence of the grave.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:28 - The children of your people
will live in security.
Their children’s children
will thrive in your presence.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:12 - The birds nest beside the streams
and sing among the branches of the trees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:5 - How I suffer in far-off Meshech.
It pains me to live in distant Kedar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:6 - I am tired of living
among people who hate peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:21 - The LORD be praised from Zion,
for he lives here in Jerusalem.
Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:9 - If I ride the wings of the morning,
if I dwell by the farthest oceans,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:33 - But all who listen to me will live in peace,
untroubled by fear of harm.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:21 - For only the godly will live in the land,
and those with integrity will remain in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:11 - She was the brash, rebellious type,
never content to stay at home.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:12 - “I, Wisdom, live together with good judgment.
I know where to discover knowledge and discernment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:30 - The godly will never be disturbed,
but the wicked will be removed from the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:18 - I and the children the LORD has given me serve as signs and warnings to Israel from the LORD of Heaven’s Armies who dwells in his Temple on Mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:20 - Babylon will never be inhabited again.
It will remain empty for generation after generation.
Nomads will refuse to camp there,
and shepherds will not bed down their sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:21 - Desert animals will move into the ruined city,
and the houses will be haunted by howling creatures.
Owls will live among the ruins,
and wild goats will go there to dance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:3 - All you people of the world,
everyone who lives on the earth—
when I raise my battle flag on the mountain, look!
When I blow the ram’s horn, listen!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:19 - But those who die in the LORD will live;
their bodies will rise again!
Those who sleep in the earth
will rise up and sing for joy!
For your life-giving light will fall like dew
on your people in the place of the dead!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:16 - Justice will rule in the wilderness
and righteousness in the fertile field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:5 - Though the LORD is very great and lives in heaven,
he will make Jerusalem[fn] his home of justice and righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:16 - these are the ones who will dwell on high.
The rocks of the mountains will be their fortress.
Food will be supplied to them,
and they will have water in abundance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:11 - It will be haunted by the desert owl and the screech owl,
the great owl and the raven.[fn]
For God will measure that land carefully;
he will measure it for chaos and destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:17 - He has surveyed and divided the land
and deeded it over to those creatures.
They will possess it forever,
from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:15 - The high and lofty one who lives in eternity,
the Holy One, says this:
“I live in the high and holy place
with those whose spirits are contrite and humble.
I restore the crushed spirit of the humble
and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:9 - I will preserve a remnant of the people of Israel[fn]
and of Judah to possess my land.
Those I choose will inherit it,
and my servants will live there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:3 - This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says:
“‘Even now, if you quit your evil ways, I will let you stay in your own land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:7 - Then I will let you stay in this land that I gave to your ancestors to keep forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:12 - “‘Go now to the place at Shiloh where I once put the Tabernacle that bore my name. See what I did there because of all the wickedness of my people, the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:6 - They are like stunted shrubs in the desert,
with no hope for the future.
They will live in the barren wilderness,
in an uninhabited salty land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:6 - And this will be his name:
‘The LORD Is Our Righteousness.’[fn]
In that day Judah will be saved,
and Israel will live in safety.

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