Incomprehensible –
Who are the righteous? What is the work of the righteous? And why will the work of righteousness be peace? How will the work of righteousness be peace? What is peace? What is the service of righteousness? And why will the service of righteousness be quietness and confidence forever? How ill the service of righteousness be quietness and confidence forever? What is quietness? What is confidence?
Isaiah 32:18
“Then my people will live in a peaceful habitation, and in secure dwellings and in undisturbed resting places.”
Isaiah 26:3, 12 – peaceful habitation
“The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, because he trusts in You.”
Isaiah 26:12; 27:5; 57:19; 66:12
“Jehovah, You will establish peace for us, since You have also performed for us all our works.”
Isaiah 26:3
Isaiah 11:10; 14:3; 30:15: Hosea 2:18-23; Zechariah 2:5; 3:10 – resting places
“Then in that day the nations will resort to the root of Jesse, who will stand as a signal for the peoples; and His resting place will be glorious.”
Luke 2:32; Acts 11:18; Isaiah 11:1; Romans 15:12; Isaiah 11:12; 49:22; 62:10; John 3:14, 15; 12:32; Isaiah 14:3; 28:12; 32:17, 18
“And it will be in the day when Jehovah gives you rest from your pain and turmoil and harsh service in which you have been enslaved.”
Ezra 9:8, 9; Isaiah 11:10; 40:2; Jeremiah 30:10; 46:27
“For thus the Lord God Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, has said, ‘In repentance and rest you will be saved, in quietness and trust is your strength.’ But you were not willing.”
Psalm 116:7; Isaiah 28:12; Isaiah 7:4; 32:17
“’In that day I will also make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, the birds of the sky and the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword and war from the land, and will make them lie down in safety. I will betroth you to Me forever; yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice, in lovingkindness and in compassion, and I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness. Then you will know Jehovah.
“’It will come about in that day that I will respond,” declares Jehovah. ‘I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth, and the earth will respond to the rain, to the new wine and to the oil, and they will respond to Jezreel. I will sow her for Myself in the land. I will also have compassion on her who had not obtained compassion, and I will say to those who were not My people, “You are My people!” And they will say, “You are my God!”’”
Job 5:23; Isaiah 11:6-9; Ezekiel 34:25; Isaiah 2:4; Ezekiel 39:1-10; Leviticus 26:5; Jeremiah 23:6; Ezekiel 34:25; / Isaiah 62:4, 5; Isaiah 1:27; 54:6-8; / Jeremiah 31:33, 34; Hosea 6:6; 13:4; / Isaiah 55:10; Zechariah 8:12; Malachi 3:10, 11; / Jeremiah 31:12; Joel 2:19; / Jeremiah 31:27; Hosea 1:6; Romans 9:25; 1 Peter 2:10; Hosea 1:9
“’For I,’ declares Jehovah, ‘will be a wall of fire around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.’”
Isaiah 4:5; 26:1; 60:18; Haggai 2:9; Zechariah 2:10, 11
“’In that day,’ declares Jehovah of hosts, ‘every one of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his vine and under his fig tree.’”
1 Kings 4:25; Isaiah 36:16; Micah 4:4
Intention of these prayers: peaceful habitation, and resting places.