Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
Parallel translations
- WEB Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice, Because of your judgments.
- BSB Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your 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
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- Ps 97:8Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.
- Rev 18:20Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
- Rev 15:4Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
- Rev 16:5–7And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
- Rev 19:1–3And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
- Zech 9:9Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
- Luke 23:28But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
- 2 Chr 20:26–27And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.
- Isa 37:22This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
- Song 2:7I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
- Ps 58:10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
- Song 5:16His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
- Ps 137:8–9O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
- Song 3:5I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
- Judg 5:31So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
- Song 1:5I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
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