Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!

“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! “May they be secure who love you!” (Psalm 122:6 ESV)

The Bible has a lot to say about Jerusalem. In the above passage We are told to pray for the peace of Jerusalem.

God will bless those who bless Jerusalem and curse those who dishonors Jerusalem 

“I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” Gen. 12:3 ESV)

“And on that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.” (Zach. 12:9 ESV)

Jerusalem - the throne of the Lord

“Jerusalem—built as a city that is bound firmly together, to which the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord. There thrones for judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David.” (Psalms 122:3-5 ESV)

“At that time Jerusalem shall be called the throne of the Lord, and all nations shall gather to it, to the presence of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they shall no more stubbornly follow their own evil heart.” (Jer. 3:17 ESV)

“You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.” (Isa. 62:3 ESV)

Therefore…

“For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch.” (Isa. 62:1 ESV)