Rome was known as the Eternal City even among the ancient Romans themselves. It is referred to as "Roma Aeterna" (The Eternal City) and "Caput Mundi" (Capital of the World), two central notions in ancient Roman culture. In Vergilβs Aeneid Jupiter tells Venus that he will give the Romans imperium sine fine, βan empire without end.β
Isaiah 47:5-7
Sit silently, and go into darkness,
O daughter of the Chaldeans,
For you will no longer be called
The queen of kingdoms.
I was angry with My people,
I profaned My heritage
And gave them into your hand.
You did not show mercy to them,
On the aged you made your yoke very heavy.
Yet you said, βI will be a queen forever.β
You did not reflect on your actions,
Nor think about their consequences.
Isaiah 47:8
Now hear this, you lover of pleasures,
Who dwells securely,
Who says in your heart,
βI am, and there is no one besides me.
I will not sit as a widow,
Nor know loss of children.β
The city of the living God (Hebrews 12:22)
The city of our God (Psalm 48:1, Revelation 3:12)
The city of the great King (Psalm 48:2, Matthew 5:35)
The joy of all the earth (Psalm 48:2, Lamentation 2:15)
The city of Yahweh of Armies (Psalm 48:8, Zechariah 8:3)
Salem (Psalm 76:2)
Zion (Psalm 76:2)
The city of righteousness (Isaiah 1:26)
Ariel (Lion of God) (Isaiah 29:1)
The holy city (Isaiah 52:1, Revelation 21:2)
City of Yahweh (Isaiah 60:14)
Hephzibah ("My delight is in her") (Isaiah 62:4)
Sought Out (Isaiah 62:12)
A City Not Forsaken (Isaiah 62:12)
The Throne of Yahweh (Jeremiah 3:17)
YAHWEH IS OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS (Jeremiah 33:16)
The perfection of beauty (Lamentation 2:15)
YAHWEH IS THERE (YHWH Shammah) (Ezekiel 48:35)
The faithful city (Isaiah 1:26, Zechariah 8:3)
The city of our appointed feasts (Isaiah 33:20)
The Holy Mountain (Zechariah 8:3, Micah 4:2, Isaiah 2:3)