Psalms 147:13 Cross References

Psalms 147:13

13: For he has fortified the bars of your gates and blessed your children within you.

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine, flourishing within your home. And look at all those children! There they sit around your table as vigorous and healthy as young olive trees.
That is the LORD's reward for those who fear him.
May the LORD continually bless you from Zion. May you see Jerusalem prosper as long as you live.
May you live to enjoy your grandchildren. And may Israel have quietness and peace.

For I will give you abundant water to quench your thirst and to moisten your parched fields. And I will pour out my Spirit and my blessings on your children.
They will thrive like watered grass, like willows on a riverbank.
Some will proudly claim, `I belong to the LORD.' Others will say, `I am a descendant of Jacob.' Some will write the LORD's name on their hands and will take the honored name of Israel as their own.

There will be joy and songs of thanksgiving, and I will multiply my people and make of them a great and honored nation.
Their children will prosper as they did long ago. I will establish them as a nation before me, and I will punish anyone who hurts them.

May our sons flourish in their youth like well-nurtured plants. May our daughters be like graceful pillars, carved to beautify a palace.

Just as the mountains surround and protect Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds and protects his people, both now and forever.

The priests and Levites first dedicated themselves, then the people, the gates, and the wall.

Then Eliashib the high priest and the other priests started to rebuild at the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and set up its doors, building the wall as far as the Tower of the Hundred, which they dedicated, and the Tower of Hananel.
People from the city of Jericho worked next to them, and beyond them was Zaccur son of Imri.
The Fish Gate was built by the sons of Hassenaah. They did the whole thing--laid the beams, hung the doors, and put the bolts and bars in place.
Meremoth son of Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz repaired the next section of wall. Beside him were Meshullam son of Berekiah and grandson of Meshezabel, and then Zadok son of Baana.
Next were the people from Tekoa, though their leaders refused to help.

The LORD was determined to destroy the walls of Jerusalem. He made careful plans for their destruction, then he went ahead and did it. Therefore, the ramparts and walls have fallen down before him.
Jerusalem's gates have sunk into the ground. All their locks and bars are destroyed, for he has smashed them. Her kings and princes have been exiled to distant lands; the law is no more. Her prophets receive no more visions from the LORD.

And now the LORD says: I am returning to Mount Zion, and I will live in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City; the mountain of the LORD Almighty will be called the Holy Mountain.
This is what the LORD Almighty says: Once again old men and women will walk Jerusalem's streets with a cane and sit together in the city squares.
And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls at play.

Let the people on Mount Zion rejoice. Let the towns of Judah be glad, for your judgments are just.
Go, inspect the city of Jerusalem. Walk around and count the many towers.
Take note of the fortified walls, and tour all the citadels, that you may describe them to future generations.
For that is what God is like. He is our God forever and ever, and he will be our guide until we die.

After the wall was finished and I had hung the doors in the gates, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.

I said to them, "Do not leave the gates open during the hottest part of the day. And while the gatekeepers are still on duty, have them shut and bar the doors. Appoint the residents of Jerusalem to act as guards, everyone on a regular watch. Some will serve at their regular posts and some in front of their own homes."

When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies found out that I had finished rebuilding the wall and that no gaps remained--though we had not yet hung the doors in the gates--

Not a king in all the earth--no one in all the world--would have believed an enemy could march through the gates of Jerusalem.

"I wish that even today you would find the way of peace. But now it is too late, and peace is hidden from you.
Before long your enemies will build ramparts against your walls and encircle you and close in on you.
They will crush you to the ground, and your children with you. Your enemies will not leave a single stone in place, because you have rejected the opportunity God offered you."

Now listen and understand! Seven sets of seven plus sixty-two sets of seven will pass from the time the command is given to rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One comes. Jerusalem will be rebuilt with streets and strong defenses, despite the perilous times.

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