Jehovah-shammah

Jehovah-shammah (meaning the LORD is there) is the symbolic name given by Ezekiel in his closing vision to the restored, eschatological Jerusalem: "And the name of the city from that time on will be: THE LORD IS THERE" (Ezekiel 48:35). The name concludes the entire book of Ezekiel, which opened with the departure of God's glory from Jerusalem (Ezekiel 10-11) and reaches its climax in the vision of the divine glory returning to fill the new temple (Ezekiel 43:1-5).

The name is profoundly theological: the ultimate blessing of the restored city is not its architectural grandeur, its security, or its prosperity — it is the presence of God himself. This theme, that God's presence among his people is the substance of all covenant blessing, runs through Scripture from Eden (where God walked with Adam) through the tabernacle and temple to the New Testament: "Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them" (Revelation 21:3). Jehovah-shammah thus stands as an eschatological name for what Revelation 21 calls "the holy city, the new Jerusalem."