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Psalm 147:14
He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.
12Praise the LORD, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!
13For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.
14He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.
15He sends out his commandment to the earth. His word runs very swiftly.
16He gives snow like wool, and scatters frost like ashes.
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Peace within Jerusalem’s borders and the finest wheat make God’s care concrete, reaching the shared life of a city and the food people eat.
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Psalm 29:11The LORD will give strength to his people. The LORD will bless his people with peace.Both psalms name God as the one who gives peace to his people.
Isaiah 60:17–18For bronze I will bring gold; for iron I will bring silver; for wood, bronze, and for stones, iron. I will also make peace your governor, and righteousness …Both passages describe peace in a community as a gift that God establishes.
Psalm 81:16But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock.”Both passages describe God feeding his people with the finest wheat, though Psalm 81 speaks of what he would have done.
Leviticus 26:6“‘I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and no one will make you afraid. I will remove evil animals out of the land, neither shall the sword …Both passages attribute peace within the land to God, with Leviticus describing safety from fear and the sword.
Psalm 132:15I will abundantly bless her provision. I will satisfy her poor with bread.Both psalms connect God’s provision with satisfying hunger, naming wheat in one and bread for the poor in the other.
Deuteronomy 32:14butter from the herd, and milk from the flock, with fat of lambs, rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the finest of the wheat. From the blood of the …The finest wheat appears in both passages as part of the rich food received by God’s people.
Deuteronomy 8:8a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive trees and honey;Both passages name wheat among the good things available to sustain life in the land.
Zechariah 9:8I will encamp around my house against the army, that no one pass through or return; and no oppressor will pass through them any more: for now I have seen with …Peace within Jerusalem’s borders shares a concern for safety with God’s promise to guard his house against oppressors.
1 Chronicles 22:9Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of peace. I will give him rest from all his enemies all around; for his name shall be Solomon, and I …Both passages name God as the giver of peace, with Chronicles specifying peace for Israel during Solomon’s days.
Deuteronomy 8:7–8For the LORD your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of springs, and underground water flowing into valleys and hills;Both passages describe God providing conditions that sustain his people: peace and wheat here, a good land with water in Deuteronomy.
Isaiah 66:12For the LORD says, “Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream, and you will nurse. You will be …Both passages describe God giving peace to Jerusalem, with Isaiah comparing that peace to a river.
Psalm 122:6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.Jerusalem’s peace is the shared concern: Psalm 122 asks for prayer, while Psalm 147 praises God for making peace.
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A peaceful place to live and good food to eat belong in praise. Jerusalem’s reasons to thank God include the safety of its borders and the grain that feeds its people.
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