1I was glad when they said to me,
“Let us go into the house of
the Lord.”
2Our feet have been standing
Within your gates, O
Jerusalem!
3Jerusalem is built
As a city that is compact
together,
4Where the tribes go up,
The tribes of the Lord,
To the Testimony of Israel,
To give thanks to the name of
the Lord.
5For thrones are set there for judgment,
The thrones of the house of
David.
6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love
you.
7Peace be within your walls,
Prosperity within your
palaces.”
8For the sake of my brethren and companions,
I will now say, “Peace be
within you.”
9Because of the house of the Lord
our God
I will seek your good.
Commentary
Vs.
1
I was glad when they said to me,
“Let us go into the house of
the Lord.”
Every believer’s delight is to go to house of our God, the local church, and worship and serve our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ there. From the ancient times in Israel when going to the Temple meant this, to now our going to the house of God under the New Covenant of God, we are very glad to be going there!
Vs. 2 “Our feet have been standing
Within your gates, O
Jerusalem!”
The sanctified believer has placed there feet squarely within the gates of Jerusalem, then the ancient city, and now the heavenly Jerusalem that is to come. Thus, we do not have one foot in the world, and one foot in the church, but all of our persons desires are firmly planted in the city of the Lord!
Vs. 3-4 3Jerusalem is built
As a city that is compact
together,
4Where the tribes go up,
The tribes of the Lord,
To the Testimony of Israel,
To give thanks to the name of
the Lord.
Jerusalem is the city of the Lord, the city which David built for our Lord’s Name and Praise. A city where His Word and testimony is to be seen and heard. A city where all of God’s people will make their pilgrimage too and finial home in. This then has not been fulfilled in the Jerusalem that now is, but will be in the one that is to come (Isaiah 2:1-4; Rev. 21:1-8).
Vs. 5 “For thrones are set there for judgment,
The thrones of the house of
David.”
It will be from there that thrones will be set for judgment, yes, the thrones of the house of David, for it will be a place where justice and judgment is rendered by the Lord Jesus Christ and where the twelve apostles will be judging the twelve tribes of Israel (Matt. 19:28).
Vs. 6-7 6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love
you.
7Peace be within your walls,
Prosperity within your
palaces.”
God’s city is Jerusalem, it is the home of Christ’s Reign, and because it is, it is always the object of great wrath and indignation by those who hate Him (Luke 21:24). Therefore, we who believe in God are to pray for its peace, pray that it remains and prospers by the good hand of our God upon it, for it is symbolic of His Reign that is come.
Vs. 8 For the sake of my brethren and companions,
I will now say, “Peace be
within you.”
Therefore, for the peace and well being of all of God’s people who will make there home there (Rev. 21-22). I will now say, “Peace be within you.”
Vs. 9 “Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek your good.”
Whether
present tense or future then I too will seek your good.
Scripture Quotations
New King James (1982): Thomas Nelson.
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