“I will return and dwell ( shakan ) in the midst of Jerusalem,” Yahweh promises (Zechariah 8:3).
Then: “I will being them back, and they will dwell ( shakan ) in the midst of Jerusalem” (Zechariah 8:8).
Israel, renewed in covenant with Yahweh, is His glory, as a bride is the glory of a man.
Did the Shekinah return to Jerusalem after the exile? Yes, because the people did.
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