Psalms 87:3
Psalms · Old Testament · Chapter 87
“Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.”Psalms 87:3
What Does Psalms 87:3 Mean?
Psalms 87:3 is found in the book of Psalms, chapter 87, verse 3 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include New Creation.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Psalms 87:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 46:4“There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.”Ezekiel 37:27“My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”Isaiah 60:14“The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.”Ezekiel 36:11“And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.”Galatians 4:26“But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.”Psalms 48:1“Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.”Revelation 21:10“And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,”Psalms 48:2“Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.”Hebrews 12:22“But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,”Song of Solomon 5:9“What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?”Jeremiah 31:12“Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.”Revelation 3:12“Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.”Revelation 14:1“And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.”2 Samuel 7:9“And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.”Psalms 48:11“Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.”Psalms 125:1“They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.”Song of Solomon 3:10“He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.”Isaiah 12:6“Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.”Isaiah 48:2“For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.”Isaiah 49:14“But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.”
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