YHVH Tzidkenu — The LORD Our Righteousness
יְהוָה צִדְקֵנוּ
'YHVH our righteousness' — the name of the coming Davidic Branch, and of restored Jerusalem.
A king who IS named YHVH-our-righteousness: Jewish interpretation reads a righteous Davidic ruler under God's name; Christian faith reads Messiah bearing the Name and becoming righteousness for His people. Astonishingly, Jeremiah gives the identical name to the redeemed city — what the King is, His people become.
First occurrence
Jer 23:6 — 'This is the name by which He will be called'
Key passages
Jer 33:16 — The same name given to the city
1Cor 1:30 — 'Who became for us righteousness'
2Cor 5:21 — 'That we might become the righteousness of God in Him'
In the Greek Scriptures
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