Psalm 48:13
New International Version
consider well her ramparts, view her citadels, that you may tell of them to the next generation.

New Living Translation
Take note of the fortified walls, and tour all the citadels, that you may describe them to future generations.

English Standard Version
consider well her ramparts, go through her citadels, that you may tell the next generation

Berean Standard Bible
consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.

King James Bible
Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

New King James Version
Mark well her bulwarks; Consider her palaces; That you may tell it to the generation following.

New American Standard Bible
Consider her ramparts; Go through her palaces, So that you may tell of her to the next generation.

NASB 1995
Consider her ramparts; Go through her palaces, That you may tell it to the next generation.

NASB 1977
Consider her ramparts; Go through her palaces; That you may tell it to the next generation.

Legacy Standard Bible
Consider her ramparts; Go through her palaces, That you may recount it to the next generation.

Amplified Bible
Consider her ramparts, Go through her palaces, That you may tell the next generation [about her glory].

Christian Standard Bible
note its ramparts; tour its citadels so that you can tell a future generation:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
note its ramparts; tour its citadels so that you can tell a future generation:”

American Standard Version
Mark ye well her bulwarks; Consider her palaces: That ye may tell it to the generation following.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Establish your hearts upon its power and pull down her palaces that you may tell the following generation.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Mark ye well her strength, and observe her palaces; that ye may tell the next generation.

Contemporary English Version
We will see its strong walls and visit each fortress. Then you can say to future generations,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Set your hearts on her strength; and distribute her houses, that ye may relate it in another generation.

English Revised Version
Mark ye welt her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Examine its embankments. Walk through its palaces. Then you can tell the next generation,

Good News Translation
take notice of the walls and examine the fortresses, so that you may tell the next generation:

International Standard Version
Take note of her ramparts; investigate her citadels; that you may speak about them to the next generation.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Mark ye well her ramparts, Traverse her palaces; That ye may tell it to the generation following.

Literal Standard Version
Set your heart to her bulwark, | Consider her high places, | So that you recount to a later generation,

Majority Standard Bible
consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.

New American Bible
Consider the ramparts, examine its citadels, that you may tell future generations:

NET Bible
Consider its defenses! Walk through its fortresses, so you can tell the next generation about it!

New Revised Standard Version
consider well its ramparts; go through its citadels, that you may tell the next generation

New Heart English Bible
Consider her defenses. Consider her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation.

Webster's Bible Translation
Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

World English Bible
Notice her bulwarks. Consider her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation.

Young's Literal Translation
Set your heart to her bulwark, Consider her high places, So that ye recount to a later generation,

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Context
Broken Bondage
12March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers, 13consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation. 14For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.…

Cross References
Psalm 78:5
For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,

Psalm 102:18
Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.

Psalm 122:3
Jerusalem is built up as a city united together,

Psalm 122:7
May there be peace within your walls, and prosperity inside your fortresses."

Isaiah 49:16
Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.

Jeremiah 30:18
This is what the LORD says: "I will restore the fortunes of Jacob's tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.

Ezekiel 21:20
Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and another against Judah into fortified Jerusalem.


Treasury of Scripture

Mark you well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that you may tell it to the generation following.

Mark ye well [heb.

Isaiah 58:12
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

Amos 9:11
In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:

Acts 15:14-16
Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name…

that ye

Psalm 71:18
Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

Psalm 78:4
We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

Deuteronomy 11:19
And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

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(13) Consider.--The Hebrew word is peculiar to this passage. The root idea seems to be divide, and the natural sense of divide her palaces is, take them one by one and regard them.

Verse 13. - Mark ye well her bulwarks (or, her ramparts), consider her palaces. Note the height and fine masonry of her outer wall, which no people could destroy except the Romans (Nehemiah 1:3; Nehemiah 2:13-17; Nehemiah 4:6). And note also the grand houses of her princes and nobles (Amos 6:11), which show themselves even above the ramparts. That ye may tell it to the generation following. That ye may let them know "how splendid Jerusalem appeared on the morrow of its great danger" (Cheyne).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
consider
שִׁ֤יתוּ (šî·ṯū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 7896: To put, set

her ramparts,
לְֽחֵילָ֗ה (lə·ḥê·lāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 2430: An intrenchment

tour
פַּסְּג֥וּ (pas·sə·ḡū)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 6448: To cut up, contemplate

her citadels,
אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֑יהָ (’ar·mə·nō·w·ṯe·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 759: A citadel

that
לְמַ֥עַן (lə·ma·‘an)
Conjunction
Strong's 4616: Purpose -- intent

you may tell
תְּ֝סַפְּר֗וּ (tə·sap·pə·rū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 5608: To count, recount, relate

the next
אַחֲרֽוֹן׃ (’a·ḥă·rō·wn)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 314: Hinder, late, last, western

generation.
לְד֣וֹר (lə·ḏō·wr)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1755: A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling


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