Messianic Jerusalem

Rabbi Yochanan said: In the future Jerusalem will reach as far as the gates of Damascus, as it is said, "The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach" (Zechariah 9:1). In the future Jerusalem will expand on all its sides until it reaches the gates of Damascus, and the exiles will come and rest beneath it. Like a fig that is narrow below and wide above, so in the future Jerusalem will expand on all its sides, and the exiles will come and rest beneath it, to fulfill what is said, "for you shall break forth to the right and to the left" (Isaiah 54:3). It was taught: In the future Jerusalem will expand and ascend and reach as far as the Throne of Glory, until it says, "The place is too cramped for me" (Isaiah 49:20). Rabbi Yose son of Rabbi Yirmeyah said: From where do you learn its praise? From its walls, as it is said, "And I will be to her, declares the LORD, a wall of fire round about" (Zechariah 2:9).