Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments.
Parallel translations
- WEB Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice, Because of your judgments.
- KJV Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
- NKJV Let Mount Zion rejoice, Let the daughters of Judah be glad, Because of Your judgments.
- NASB Mount Zion shall be glad, The daughters of Judah shall rejoice Because of Your judgments.
- NLT Let the people on Mount Zion rejoice. Let all the towns of Judah be glad because of your justice.
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Quick answer
Zion and the towns of Judah are called to rejoice because of God's just judgments. His righteous rule is a cause for gladness, not fear, to His people.
Overview
'Mount Zion' and the 'daughters of Judah' (its surrounding towns) are summoned to celebrate God's saving acts of judgment that vindicate His people and defeat their foes. For the faithful, God's judgments bring deliverance and joy. Believers likewise rejoice that the righteous Judge rules all things and will set everything right in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- Ps 97:8Zion hears and rejoices, and the towns of Judah exult because of Your judgments, O LORD.
- Rev 18:20Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.
- Rev 15:4Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”
- Rev 16:5–7And I heard the angel of the waters say: “Righteous are You, O Holy One, who is and was, because You have brought these judgments.
- Rev 19:1–3After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
- Zech 9:9Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
- Luke 23:28But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
- 2 Chr 20:26–27On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, where they blessed the LORD. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Beracah to this day.
- Isa 37:22this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
- Song 2:7O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
- Ps 58:10The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
- Song 5:16His mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
- Ps 137:8–9O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
- Song 3:5O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
- Judg 5:31So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
- Song 1:5I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
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