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Psalms 48:11–14

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Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
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From verse 11

  1. Psalms 97:8Rank 1 from verse 11
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    8Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O Lord.

  2. Revelation 18:20Rank 2 from verse 11
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    20Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.

  3. Revelation 15:4Rank 3 from verse 11
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    4Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

  4. Revelation 16:5–7Rank 4 from verse 11
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    5And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.

    6For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

    7And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.

  5. Revelation 19:1–3Rank 5 from verse 11
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    1AND after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:

    2For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

    3And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.

From verse 12

  1. Isaiah 33:18–20Rank 1 from verse 12
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    18Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?

    19Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.

    20Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

  2. Matthew 24:1–2Rank 2 from verse 12
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    1AND Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.

    2And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

  3. Nehemiah 12:31–40Rank 3 from verse 12
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    31Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:

    32And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,

    33And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

    34Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,

    35And certain of the priests’ sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:

    36And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.

    37And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.

    38And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;

    39And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.

    40So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:

From verse 13

  1. Psalms 71:18Rank 1 from verse 13
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    18Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

  2. Psalms 122:7Rank 2 from verse 13
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    7Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.

  3. Deuteronomy 11:19Rank 3 from verse 13
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    19And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

  4. Joel 1:3Rank 4 from verse 13
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    3Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

  5. Psalms 78:4–6Rank 5 from verse 13
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    4We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

    5For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

    6That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

From verse 14

  1. Isaiah 58:11Rank 1 from verse 14
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    11And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

  2. Psalms 23:3–4Rank 2 from verse 14
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    3He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

    4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

  3. Psalms 73:24Rank 3 from verse 14
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    24Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

  4. Psalms 25:9Rank 4 from verse 14
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    9The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.

  5. John 16:13Rank 5 from verse 14
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    13Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

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Psalms 48:11

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mount

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Sense 1: A hill, mountain, or elevated tract of land. Sense 2: An artificial raised mound used in siege. Sense 3: To rise, ascend, climb, get upon, or increase upward.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

rejoice

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1. To be glad, take joy, delight, or exult; to express gladness. 2. To make glad or cause to rejoice.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

glad

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Pleased; affected with pleasure or moderate joy; moderately happy.

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Psalms 48:12

COMBINED MEANING

about

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1. Around or near in place, position, or movement; on every side, in a circuit, from place to place, or turned from one direction or state toward another. 2. Approximately in number, measure, distance, or time. 3. Concerning, occupied with, or engaged in a matter. 4. On the point of, intending, or attempting an action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

tell

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1. To speak, relate, declare, report, inform, explain, reveal, recount, or make known. 2. To know, discern, or determine, especially in 'cannot tell' or 'who can tell.' 3. To count, number, or enumerate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Psalms 48:13

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mark

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1. A sign or token set upon or belonging to a person or thing. 2. An object or point aimed at. 3. To notice, observe, designate, keep account of, or set a sign upon.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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consider

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1. To think upon attentively; to examine or weigh. 2. To regard, observe, or take notice of.

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COMBINED MEANING

tell

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1. To speak, relate, declare, report, inform, explain, reveal, recount, or make known. 2. To know, discern, or determine, especially in 'cannot tell' or 'who can tell.' 3. To count, number, or enumerate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

bulwark

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1. A defensive wall or fortified work. 2. A siegework raised against a city.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Psalms 48:14

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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for ever

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1. Without end; for all time. 2. Continually or permanently throughout the duration in view.

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ever

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At any time; always or continually; throughout all time or for ever.

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guide

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1. To lead or direct in a way, course, action, or understanding. 2. One who leads or directs another.

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even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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10According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

11Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

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12Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.

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13Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

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14For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

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