Zachariæ 8:3

Nova Vulgata

Haec dicit Dominus: Reversus sum ad Sion et habitabo in medio Ierusalem; et vocabitur Ierusalem civitas Veritatis, et mons Domini exercituum mons Sanctitatis.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
H�c dicit Dominus exercituum : Reversus sum ad Sion, et habitabo in medio Jerusalem : et vocabitur Jerusalem civitas veritatis, et mons Domini exercituum mons sanctificatus.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
H�c dicit Dominus exercituum: Reversus sum ad Sion, et habitabo in medio Jerusalem: et vocabitur Jerusalem civitas veritatis, et mons Domini exercituum mons sanctificatus.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I am: Zechariah 1:16, Jeremiah 30:10, Jeremiah 30:11

dwell: Zechariah 2:10, Zechariah 2:11, Isaiah 12:6, Ezekiel 48:35, Joel 3:17, Joel 3:21, John 1:14, John 14:23, 2 Corinthians 6:16, Ephesians 2:21, Ephesians 2:22, Colossians 2:9, Revelation 21:3

a city: Zechariah 14:20, Zechariah 14:21, Isaiah 1:21, Isaiah 1:26, Isaiah 60:14, Jeremiah 31:23, Jeremiah 33:16

the mountain: Isaiah 2:2, Isaiah 2:3

the holy: Isaiah 11:9, Isaiah 65:25, Isaiah 66:20, Revelation 21:10, Revelation 21:27

Reciprocal: Exodus 25:8 - I may dwell Deuteronomy 28:3 - in the city 1 Chronicles 23:25 - that they may dwell in Jerusalem Psalms 46:5 - God is Psalms 48:1 - mountain Psalms 87:1 - the holy Psalms 144:14 - no breaking in Psalms 147:13 - blessed Isaiah 8:18 - which Isaiah 25:6 - in this Isaiah 30:19 - dwell Isaiah 54:14 - righteousness Isaiah 56:7 - them will Jeremiah 26:18 - the mountain Lamentations 5:21 - renew Ezekiel 36:10 - I will Daniel 9:16 - thy holy Daniel 9:20 - for Joel 2:1 - in my Obadiah 1:17 - there shall be holiness Micah 4:1 - the mountain Zechariah 1:14 - I am Zechariah 12:6 - Jerusalem shall Malachi 3:4 - the offering 2 Peter 1:18 - the holy

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus saith the Lord, I am returned to Zion,.... The temple being now building, and almost finished, and the worship of God restored in it. The Targum renders it, "I will return to Zion"; and it may refer to the time of Christ's incarnation, when the Redeemer came to Zion, Isaiah 59:20 or to the time of the conversion of the Jews in the latter day, of both which it is true; see Romans 11:26:

and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: or "cause my Shechinah to dwell there", as the Targum paraphrases it; which was fulfilled when the Word was made flesh, και εσκηνωσεν, "and dwelt" or "tabernacled" among the inhabitants of Judea and of Jerusalem, and taught his doctrines, and wrought his miracles, in the midst of them; and will be also when he shall dwell among them by his Spirit and grace in the latter day:

and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; when Christ, who is "truth" itself, was in it, and the truths of the Gospel were preached there by him and his apostles, and they were received and professed by many, though despised by others; and especially in the latter day, when the Jews shall generally and cordially embrace Christ and his Gospel, and shall worship God in spirit and in truth, and not in that shadowy, formal, and hypocritical way they do now; see Isaiah 1:26 and especially this will be true of the New Jerusalem, into which nothing shall enter that makes a lie, Revelation 21:27:

the mountain of the Lord of hosts; which will be established upon the top of the mountains, and where the Lord will be seen and exalted in his glory, even the Lamb, with the hundred and forty four thousand with him, Isaiah 2:2:

the holy mountain; where the holy word of God will be preached, the holy ordinances administered, and holiness of life and conversation will be strictly attended to; yea, Holiness will be upon the bells of the horses, Zechariah 14:20.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I am returned - Dionysius: “Without change in Myself, I am turned to that people from the effect of justice to the sweetness of mercy, “and I will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem,” in the temple and the people, indwelling the hearts of the good by charity and grace. Christ also, Very God and Very Man, visibly conversed and was seen in Zion.” Osorius: “When He says, ‘I am turned,’ He shows that she was turned too. He had said, “Turn unto Me and I will turn unto you;” otherwise she would not have been received into favor by Him. As the fruit of this conversion, He promises her His presence, the ornaments of truth, the hope of security, and adorns her with glorious titles.”

God had symbolized to Ezekiel the departure of His special presence, in that the “glory of the God of Israel” which was over the temple, at “the very place where they placed the image of jealousy, “went up from the Cherub” Ezekiel 8:4-5, whereupon it was, “to the threshold of the house” Ezekiel 9:3; then “stood over the Cherubim” Ezekiel 10:4, Ezekiel 10:18; and then “went up from the midst of the city and stood upon the mountain, which is on the east side of the city” Ezekiel 11:23, so removing from them. He had prophesied its return in the vision of the symbolic temple, how “the glory of the Lord came into the house by the way of the gate looking toward the East, and the Spirit took me up and brought me into the inner court, and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house” Ezekiel 43:4. This renewed dwelling in the midst of them, Zechariah too prophesies, in the same terms as in his third vision, “I will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem” (Zec 2:1-13 :14, Hebrew (Zechariah 2:10 in English)).

And Jerusalem shall be called the city of truth - , being what she is called, since God would not call her untruly; so Isaiah says, “afterward thou shalt be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city” Isaiah 1:26, and they shall call thee the city of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel” . So Zephaniah had prophesied, “The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies” Zephaniah 3:13. Truth embraces everything opposite to untruth; faithfulness, as opposed to faithlessness; sincerity, as opposed to simulation; veracity, as opposed to falsehood; honesty, as opposed to untruth in act; truth of religion or faith, as opposed to untrue doctrine. Dionysius: “It shall be called the city of truth, that is, of the True God or of truth of life, doctrine, and justice. It is chiefly verified by the Coming of Christ, who often preached in Jerusalem, in whom the city afterward believed.”

And the mountain of the Lord of hosts - Mount Zion, on which the temple shall be built, shall be called and be “the mountain of holiness.” This had been the favorite title of the Psalmists , and Isaiah (Isaiah 11:9; Isaiah 56:7; Isaiah 57:13; Isaiah 65:11, Isaiah 65:25; Isaiah 66:20; also in Joel 2:1; Joel 3:17; Obadiah 1:16; Zephaniah 3:11; Daniel 9:16, Daniel 9:20); and Obadiah had foretold, “upon Mount Zion there shall be holiness” Obadiah 1:17; and Jeremiah, “As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The Lord shall bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness” Jeremiah 31:23. It should be called and be; it should fulfill the destination of its titles; as, in the Apostles’ Creed we profess our belief of “the holy Catholic Church,” and holiness is one of its characteristics.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Zechariah 8:3. I am returned unto Zion — I have restored her from her captivity. I will dwell among them. The temple shall be rebuilt, and so shall Jerusalem; and instead of being false, unholy, and profligate, it shall be the city of truth, and my holy mountain. TRUTH shall dwell in it.