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Ezekiel 48:35 — The City Named 'Jehovah Is There'
Ezekiel 48:35 sums up the perimeter of the restored city and gives it a name: 'Jehovah is there,' clinching the book's promise that God's presence will dwell with His people.
Escritura
- 35.En derredor tendrá dieciocho mil cañas. Y el nombre de la ciudad desde aquel día será Jehová-sama.It shall be eighteen thousand reeds round about: and the name of the city from that day shall be, Jehovah is there.
Qué significa este pasaje
Verse 35 closes the long perimeters given in verses 30–34: each of the four sides of the city measures 4,500 reeds, and the total around the city is 18,000 reeds. The arithmetic in the verse (4,500 × 4 = 18,000) ties together the measurements just stated and gives a single summary figure for the city's outer boundary.
The second half assigns the city a name: 'from that day' the city shall be called 'Jehovah is there' (Hebrew YHWH-shammah). In a book that opens with the glory of God departing the temple (Ezekiel 10–11), the closing declaration that the city itself bears the name of God's presence reverses that loss and frames the whole vision as the goal of redemption.
Naming a city by a divine title is unusual in the Old Testament. The phrase functions as a theological summary: the city is defined not by its walls or gates but by the fact that the Lord inhabits it, and the book's vision of land, tribes, sanctuary, and city is complete only when God's presence is acknowledged as the city's defining reality.
Contexto
Ezekiel 48:35 is the final verse of the book. The surrounding verses (30–34) list the gates and perimeters of the city, naming twelve tribes across four sides—three gates per side—and verse 35 rounds out those measurements before assigning the city's name.
Within the chapter as a whole, the land distribution flows from north (v. 1) to south (v. 28), placing the priestly territory (vv. 8–14), the city (vv. 15–20), and the prince's portion (vv. 21–22) at the center. The city with its twelve tribal gates sits at the climax of this restored order, and the closing verse identifies the presence of God as the city's true content.
Preguntas frecuentes
Why is the city named 'Jehovah Is There' rather than after a person or tribe?
Within the passage itself, no reason for the name is given. The verse simply states that 'from that day' the city will bear this name, presenting it as the defining identity of the restored city and capping off the book's vision of land, tribes, sanctuary, and city in a single confession about God's presence.
How does Ezekiel 48:35 function as the end of the book?
It is the closing verse of Ezekiel. After listing the city's measurements and twelve tribal gates in verses 30–34, verse 35 sums up the perimeter (18,000 reeds) and then assigns the city a name, providing a final sentence that ties the whole chapter—and the whole book—to its theological center.
Does the verse give any internal explanation of 'Jehovah is there'?
The verse itself does not unpack the name. It simply declares that 'from that day' the city will be called by this title, leaving the reader to connect the phrase with the surrounding vision in Ezekiel 48 of a restored land, a central sanctuary, a city with twelve gates, and a people whose relationship with God frames the whole arrangement.