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Zion
31.7767°N, 35.2342°E · Photo: Eman (CC0)
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another name for Jerusalem
In Scripture (148 references)
Psalms
Psalms 2:6 “Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.” Psalms 9:11 Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done. Psalms 9:14 that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of... Psalms 14:7 Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When Yahweh restores the fortunes of his peo... Psalms 20:2 send you help from the sanctuary, grant you support from Zion, Psalms 48:12 Walk about Zion, and go around her. Number its towers. Psalms 50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines out. Psalms 51:18 Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem. Psalms 53:6 Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God brings back his people from captivi... Psalms 65:1 Praise waits for you, God, in Zion. Vows shall be performed to you.
and 24 more in Psalms
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Isaiah 1:8 The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a field of melons, like a b... Isaiah 1:27 Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness. Isaiah 2:3 Many peoples shall go and say, “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the house of the God... Isaiah 3:16 Moreover Yahweh said, “Because the daughters of Zion are arrogant, and walk with outstretched necks ... Isaiah 3:17 therefore the Lord brings sores on the crown of the head of the women of Zion, and Yahweh will make ... Isaiah 3:26 Her gates shall lament and mourn. She shall be desolate and sit on the ground. Isaiah 4:3 It will happen that he who is left in Zion and he who remains in Jerusalem shall be called holy, eve... Isaiah 4:4 when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the b... Isaiah 10:24 Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, says “My people who dwell in Zion, don’t be afraid of the Assy... Isaiah 10:32 This very day he will halt at Nob. He shakes his hand at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the h...
and 32 more in Isaiah
Jeremiah
Jeremiah 3:14 “Return, backsliding children,” says Yahweh; “for I am a husband to you. I will take one of you from... Jeremiah 4:6 Set up a standard toward Zion. Flee for safety! Don’t wait; for I will bring evil from the north, an... Jeremiah 4:30 You, when you are made desolate, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though y... Jeremiah 4:31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her who gives birth to her firs... Jeremiah 6:2 I will cut off the beautiful and delicate one, the daughter of Zion. Jeremiah 6:23 They take hold of bow and spear. They are cruel, and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea, ... Jeremiah 8:19 Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: “Isn’t Y... Jeremiah 9:19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, ‘How we are ruined! We are greatly confounded because w... Jeremiah 14:19 Have you utterly rejected Judah? Has your soul loathed Zion? Why have you struck us, and there is no... Jeremiah 26:18 “Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the peop...
and 9 more in Jeremiah
Lamentations
Lamentations 1:4 The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to the solemn assembly. All her gates are desolate. He... Lamentations 1:6 All majesty has departed from the daughter of Zion. Her princes have become like deer that find no p... Lamentations 1:17 Zion spreads out her hands. There is no one to comfort her. Yahweh has commanded concerning Jacob, t... Lamentations 2:1 How has the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger! He has cast the beauty of I... Lamentations 2:4 He has bent his bow like an enemy. He has stood with his right hand as an adversary. Has killed all ... Lamentations 2:6 He has violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden. He has destroyed his place of... Lamentations 2:8 Yahweh has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion. He has stretched out the line. He h... Lamentations 2:9 Her gates have sunk into the ground. He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes ... Lamentations 2:10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground. They keep silence. They have cast up dust on t... Lamentations 2:13 What shall I testify to you? What shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare ...
and 5 more in Lamentations
Joel
Joel 2:1 Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the lan... Joel 2:15 Blow the trumpet in Zion! Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Joel 2:23 “Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in Yahweh, your God; for he gives you the early rai... Joel 3:16 Yahweh will roar from Zion, and thunder from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth will shake; bu... Joel 3:17 “So you will know that I am Yahweh, your God, dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain. Then Jerusalem wil... Joel 3:21 I will cleanse their blood, that I have not cleansed: for Yahweh dwells in Zion.”
Amos
Micah
Micah 1:13 Harness the chariot to the swift steed, inhabitant of Lachish. She was the beginning of sin to the d... Micah 3:10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. Micah 3:12 Therefore Zion for your sake will be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble,... Micah 4:2 Many nations will go and say, “Come! Let’s go up to the mountain of Yahweh, and to the house of the ... Micah 4:8 You, tower of the flock, the hill of the daughter of Zion, to you it will come, yes, the former domi... Micah 4:10 Be in pain, and labor to give birth, daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now you will go ... Micah 4:11 Now many nations have assembled against you, that say, “Let her be defiled, and let our eye gloat ov... Micah 4:13 Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion; for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs bronz...
Zephaniah
Zephaniah 3:14 Sing, daughter of Zion! Shout, Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, daughter of Jerusale... Zephaniah 3:16 In that day, it will be said to Jerusalem, “Don’t be afraid, Zion. Don’t let your hands be weak.” Zephaniah 3:18 I will remove those who grieve about the appointed feasts from you. They are a burden and a reproach...
Zechariah
Zechariah 1:14 So the angel who talked with me said to me, “Proclaim, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies says: “I am jealous... Zechariah 1:17 “Proclaim further, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies says: “My cities will again overflow with prosperity, a... Zechariah 2:7 ‘Come, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.’ Zechariah 2:10 Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell within you,’ says Yahweh. Zechariah 8:2 Yahweh of Armies says: “I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with gre... Zechariah 8:3 Yahweh says: “I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the middle of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be... Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He ... Zechariah 9:13 For indeed I bend Judah as a bow for me. I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up your...
John
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