Lamentations 1:6 The city of Zion used to be full of glory. But now her glory has faded away. Her princes are like deer. They can’t find anything to eat. They are almost too ...

1:6 NIrV

逐节对照

New International Reader's Version - The city of Zion used to be full of glory. But now her glory has faded away. Her princes are like deer. They can’t find anything to eat. They are almost too weak to get away from those who hunt them down.
新标点和合本 - 锡安城（“城”原文作“女子”。下同）的威荣全都失去。她的首领像找不着草场的鹿；在追赶的人前无力行走。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 锡安的威荣全都失去。她的领袖如找不着草场的鹿，在追赶的人面前无力行走。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 锡安的威荣全都失去。她的领袖如找不着草场的鹿，在追赶的人面前无力行走。
当代译本 - 少女锡安的尊荣消逝，她的首领像找不到草吃的鹿，无力逃脱敌人的追赶。
圣经新译本 - 锡安（“锡安”原文作“锡安的女子”）所有的尊荣，都离开了她的居民。她的众领袖都像找不着牧场的鹿；在追赶的人面前无力逃走。
中文标准译本 - 锡安女子所有的威荣都离她而去；她的首领们像找不到草场的鹿，在追赶他们的人面前行走无力。 ז Zayin
现代标点和合本 - 锡安城的威荣全都失去，她的首领像找不着草场的鹿，在追赶的人前无力行走。
和合本（拼音版） - 锡安城的威荣全都失去，她的首领像找不着草场的鹿，在追赶的人前无力行走。
New International Version - All the splendor has departed from Daughter Zion. Her princes are like deer that find no pasture; in weakness they have fled before the pursuer.
English Standard Version - From the daughter of Zion all her majesty has departed. Her princes have become like deer that find no pasture; they fled without strength before the pursuer.
New Living Translation - All the majesty of beautiful Jerusalem has been stripped away. Her princes are like starving deer searching for pasture. They are too weak to run from the pursuing enemy.
The Message - All beauty has drained from Daughter Zion’s face. Her princes are like deer famished for food, chased to exhaustion by hunters.
Christian Standard Bible - All the splendor has vanished from Daughter Zion. Her leaders are like stags that find no pasture; they stumble away exhausted before the hunter. ז Zayin
New American Standard Bible - All of her splendor Is gone from the daughter of Zion; Her leaders have become like deer That have found no pasture, And they have fled without strength From the pursuer.
New King James Version - And from the daughter of Zion All her splendor has departed. Her princes have become like deer That find no pasture, That flee without strength Before the pursuer.
Amplified Bible - All her beauty and majesty Have departed from the Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem). Her princes have become like deer That have found no pasture; They have fled without strength Before the pursuer.
American Standard Version - And from the daughter of Zion all her majesty is departed: Her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, And they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
King James Version - And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
New English Translation - All of Daughter Zion’s splendor has departed. Her leaders became like deer; they found no pasture, so they were too exhausted to escape from the hunter. ז (Zayin)
World English Bible - All majesty has departed from the daughter of Zion. Her princes have become like deer that find no pasture. They have gone without strength before the pursuer.
新標點和合本 - 錫安城（原文是女子；下同）的威榮全都失去。她的首領像找不着草場的鹿；在追趕的人前無力行走。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 錫安的威榮全都失去。她的領袖如找不着草場的鹿，在追趕的人面前無力行走。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 錫安的威榮全都失去。她的領袖如找不着草場的鹿，在追趕的人面前無力行走。
當代譯本 - 少女錫安的尊榮消逝，她的首領像找不到草吃的鹿，無力逃脫敵人的追趕。
聖經新譯本 - 錫安（“錫安”原文作“錫安的女子”）所有的尊榮，都離開了她的居民。她的眾領袖都像找不著牧場的鹿；在追趕的人面前無力逃走。
呂振中譯本 - 錫安小姐的富麗全都失去了；她的首領像公綿羊找不着牧場；在追趕的人前面沒有力量行走。
中文標準譯本 - 錫安女子所有的威榮都離她而去；她的首領們像找不到草場的鹿，在追趕他們的人面前行走無力。 ז Zayin
現代標點和合本 - 錫安城的威榮全都失去，她的首領像找不著草場的鹿，在追趕的人前無力行走。
文理和合譯本 - 郇女之榮華盡喪兮、彼之牧伯、如不得芻之鹿兮、在於逐者之前、無力而走兮、
文理委辦譯本 - 郇邑之女、頓喪婉孌之姿兮、維彼牧伯、若失蒭之鹿兮、無力戰鬥、為敵追襲兮。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 郇邑邑原文作女頓喪榮華、其諸候伯如鹿失草、精力疲憊、被敵追襲、
Nueva Versión Internacional - La bella Sión ha perdido todo su antiguo esplendor. Sus príncipes parecen venados que vagan en busca de pastos. Exhaustos, se dan a la fuga frente a sus perseguidores. Zayin
현대인의 성경 - 시온의 영광이 다 떠나 버렸다. 그 지도자들은 꼴을 얻지 못해 기진 맥진하여 몰이꾼 앞에서 더 이상 달아날 수 없는 사슴처럼 되었네.
Новый Русский Перевод - Все великолепие покинуло дочь Сиона. Вожди ее подобны оленям, не находящим пастбища; обессиленные, они бегут впереди погонщика.
Восточный перевод - Всё великолепие покинуло дочь Сиона . Вожди её подобны оленям, не находящим пастбища; обессиленные они бегут впереди погонщика.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Всё великолепие покинуло дочь Сиона . Вожди её подобны оленям, не находящим пастбища; обессиленные они бегут впереди погонщика.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Всё великолепие покинуло дочь Сиона . Вожди её подобны оленям, не находящим пастбища; обессиленные они бегут впереди погонщика.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - La communauté de Sion ╵a été dépouillée de toute sa splendeur. Ses ministres sont devenus ╵semblables à des cerfs qui ne trouvent pas de pâture, qui fuient à bout de forces devant ceux qui les traquent.
リビングバイブル - シオンの美しさも威厳も、すっかりなくなりました。指導者たちは、あてもなく牧草地をさまよう飢えた鹿のようで、敵に出会っても逃げる力さえありません。
Nova Versão Internacional - Todo o esplendor fugiu da cidade de Sião. Seus líderes são como corças que não encontram pastagem; sem forças fugiram diante do perseguidor.
Hoffnung für alle - Zion hat all ihre Pracht verloren. Ihre Führer sind wie Hirsche, die keine Weide mehr finden; ausgehungert, wie sie sind, fehlt ihnen nun die Kraft, den Jägern zu entfliehen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Tất cả vẻ lộng lẫy của con gái Si-ôn giờ đây đã tiêu tan. Vua chúa nó như con nai đói tìm không ra đồng cỏ. Họ không còn đủ sức để chạy mong tránh khỏi sự săn đuổi của quân thù.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ความโอ่อ่าตระการทั้งปวง พรากไปจากธิดาแห่งศิโยน เสียแล้ว เจ้านายของเธอเป็นเหมือนกวาง ที่หาทุ่งหญ้าไม่ได้ ต้องหนีไปต่อหน้านักล่า อย่างอ่อนแรง
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ความยิ่งใหญ่ได้ละไปจาก ธิดาแห่งศิโยนเสียแล้ว บรรดาผู้นำของนางได้เป็นเหมือนกับกวาง ที่หาทุ่งหญ้าไม่ได้ พวกเขาวิ่งหนีผู้ตามล่าไปอย่าง หมดเรี่ยวแรง

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Psalm 48:2 - Mount Zion is high and beautiful. It brings joy to everyone on earth. Mount Zion is like the highest parts of Mount Zaphon. It is the city of the Great King.
Psalm 48:3 - God is there to keep it safe. He has shown himself to be like a fort to the city.
2 Samuel 4:11 - Now you evil men have killed a man in his own house. He hadn’t done anything wrong. You killed him while he was lying on his own bed. You spilled his blood. So shouldn’t I spill your blood? Shouldn’t I wipe you off the face of the earth?”
2 Samuel 4:12 - Then David gave an order to his men. They killed Rekab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet. They hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron. But they buried the head of Ish-Bosheth in Abner’s tomb at Hebron.
Deuteronomy 28:25 - The Lord will help your enemies win the battle over you. You will come at them from one direction. But you will run away from them in every direction. All the kingdoms on earth will be completely shocked when they see you.
Isaiah 4:5 - Then the Lord will create over Jerusalem a cloud of smoke by day. He will also create a glow of flaming fire at night. The cloud and fire will appear over all of Mount Zion. They will also appear over the people who gather together there. The Lord’s glory will be like a tent over everything.
Jeremiah 51:30 - Babylon’s soldiers have stopped fighting. They remain in their forts. Their strength is all gone. They have become weak. Their buildings are set on fire. The metal bars that lock their gates are broken.
Jeremiah 51:31 - One messenger after another comes to the king of Babylon. All of them announce that his entire city is captured.
Jeremiah 51:32 - The places where people go across the Euphrates River have been captured. The swamps have been set on fire. And the soldiers are terrified.”
Ezekiel 11:22 - Then the cherubim spread their wings. The wheels were beside them. The glory of the God of Israel was above them.
Ezekiel 11:23 - The glory of the Lord went up from the city. It stopped above the Mount of Olives east of the city.
Isaiah 1:21 - See how the faithful city of Jerusalem has become like a prostitute! Once it was full of people who treated others fairly. Those who did what was right used to live in it. But now murderers live there!
2 Kings 19:21 - Here is the message the Lord has spoken against him. The Lord says, “ ‘You will not win the battle over Zion. Its people hate you and make fun of you. The people of Jerusalem lift up their heads proudly as you run away.
Deuteronomy 32:30 - How could one person chase a thousand? How could two make ten thousand run away? It couldn’t happen unless their Rock had deserted them. It couldn’t take place unless the Lord had given them up.
Psalm 132:12 - If your sons keep my covenant and the laws I teach them, then their sons will sit on your throne for ever and ever.”
Psalm 132:13 - The Lord has chosen Zion. That’s the place where he wants to live.
Jeremiah 52:13 - Nebuzaradan set the Lord’s temple on fire. He also set fire to the royal palace and all the houses in Jerusalem. He burned down every important building.
Ezekiel 7:20 - My people were so proud of their beautiful jewelry. They used it to make statues of their evil gods. I hate those gods. So I will turn their jewelry into an “unclean” thing for them.
Ezekiel 7:21 - “ ‘I will hand over their wealth to outsiders. I will turn it over to sinful people in other countries. They will make it “unclean.”
Ezekiel 7:22 - I will turn my face away from my people. Robbers will make “unclean” the temple I love. They will enter it and make it “unclean.”
Isaiah 12:6 - People of Zion, give a loud shout! Sing for joy! The Holy One of Israel is among you. And he is great.”
Jeremiah 48:41 - Kerioth will be captured. Its forts will be taken. At that time the hearts of Moab’s soldiers will tremble in fear. They will be like the heart of a woman having a baby.
Jeremiah 29:4 - The Lord who rules over all is the God of Israel. He speaks to all those he forced to go from Jerusalem to Babylon. He says,
Lamentations 2:1 - See how the Lord covered the city of Zion with the cloud of his anger! He threw Israel’s glory down from heaven to earth. When he was angry, he turned his back on his own city.
Lamentations 2:2 - Without pity the Lord swallowed up all the homes of Jacob’s people. When he was angry, he tore down the forts of the people of Judah. He brought down their kingdom and princes to the ground in dishonor.
Lamentations 2:3 - When he was very angry, he took away Israel’s power. He pulled back his powerful right hand as the enemy approached. His burning anger blazed out in Jacob’s land. It burned up everything near it.
Lamentations 2:4 - Like an enemy the Lord got his bow ready to use. He had a sword in his right hand. Like an enemy he destroyed everything that used to be pleasing to him. His anger blazed out like fire. It burned up the homes in the city of Zion.
Lamentations 2:5 - The Lord was like an enemy. He swallowed up Israel. He swallowed up all of its palaces. He destroyed its forts. He filled the people of Judah with sorrow and sadness.
Lamentations 2:6 - The Lord’s temple was like a garden. But he completely destroyed it. He destroyed the place where he used to meet with his people. He made Zion’s people forget their appointed feasts and Sabbath days. When he was very angry, he turned his back on king and priest alike.
Lamentations 2:7 - The Lord deserted his altar. He left his temple. He gave the walls of Jerusalem’s palaces into the hands of her enemies. They shouted loudly in the house of the Lord. You would have thought it was the day of an appointed feast.
Joshua 7:12 - That is why the Israelites can’t stand up against their enemies. They turn their backs and run. That’s because I have decided to let them be destroyed. You must destroy the things you took that had been set apart to me. If you do not, I will not be with you anymore.
Joshua 7:13 - “Go and set the people apart. Tell them, ‘Make yourselves pure. Get ready for tomorrow. Here is what the Lord, the God of Israel, wants you to do. He says, “People of Israel, you have kept some of the things that had been set apart to me to be destroyed. You can’t stand up against your enemies until you get rid of those things.”
Jeremiah 13:18 - Speak to the king and his mother. Tell them, “Come down from your thrones. Your glorious crowns are about to fall from your heads.”
Jeremiah 47:3 - They will weep when they hear galloping horses. They will weep at the noise of enemy chariots. They will weep at the rumble of their wheels. Parents will not even try to help their children. Their hands will not be able to help them.
Zephaniah 3:14 - People of Zion, sing! Israel, shout loudly! People of Jerusalem, be glad! Let your hearts be full of joy.
Zephaniah 3:15 - The Lord has stopped punishing you. He has made your enemies turn away from you. The Lord is the King of Israel. He is with you. You will never again be afraid that others will harm you.
Zephaniah 3:16 - The time is coming when people will say to Jerusalem, “Zion, don’t be afraid. Don’t give up.
Zephaniah 3:17 - The Lord your God is with you. He is the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you. In his love he will no longer punish you. Instead, he will sing for joy because of you.”
Jeremiah 52:11 - Then he poked out Zedekiah’s eyes. He put him in bronze chains. And he took him to Babylon. There he put Zedekiah in prison until the day he died.
Jeremiah 14:5 - Even the female deer in the fields desert their newborn fawns. There isn’t any grass to eat.
Jeremiah 14:6 - Wild donkeys stand on the bare hilltops. They long for water as wild dogs do. Their eyesight fails because they do not have any food to eat.”
Psalm 50:2 - From Zion, perfect and beautiful, God’s glory shines out.
Psalm 96:9 - Worship the Lord because of his beauty and holiness. All you people of the earth, tremble when you are with him.
Ezekiel 24:21 - ‘Speak to the people of Israel. Tell them, “The Lord and King says, ‘I am about to make my temple “unclean.” I will let the Babylonians burn it down. It is the beautiful building you are so proud of. You take delight in it. You love it. The sons and daughters you left behind will be killed by swords.
Psalm 44:9 - But now you have turned your back on us and made us humble. You don’t march out with our armies anymore.
Psalm 44:10 - You made us turn and run from our enemies. They have taken what belongs to us.
Psalm 44:11 - You handed us over to be eaten up like sheep. You have scattered us among the nations.
Leviticus 26:36 - “ ‘Some of you will be left in the lands of your enemies. I will fill your hearts with fear. The sound of a leaf blown by the wind will scare you away. You will run as if you were escaping from swords. You will fall down, even though no one is chasing you.
Leviticus 26:37 - You will trip over one another as if you were running away from the battle. You will run away, even though no one is chasing you. You will not be able to stand and fight against your enemies.
Jeremiah 52:7 - Then the Babylonians broke through the city wall. Judah’s whole army ran away. They left the city at night. They went out through the gate between the two walls that were near the king’s garden. They escaped even though the Babylonians surrounded the city. Judah’s army ran toward the Arabah Valley.
Jeremiah 52:8 - But the armies of Babylon chased King Zedekiah. They caught up with him in the plains near Jericho. All his soldiers were separated from him. They had scattered in every direction.
Ezekiel 24:25 - “Son of man, I will take away their beautiful temple. It is their joy and glory. They take delight in it. Their hearts long for it. I will also take away their sons and daughters.

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交叉引用

New International Reader's Version - The city of Zion used to be full of glory. But now her glory has faded away. Her princes are like deer. They can’t find anything to eat. They are almost too weak to get away from those who hunt them down.
新标点和合本 - 锡安城（“城”原文作“女子”。下同）的威荣全都失去。她的首领像找不着草场的鹿；在追赶的人前无力行走。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 锡安的威荣全都失去。她的领袖如找不着草场的鹿，在追赶的人面前无力行走。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 锡安的威荣全都失去。她的领袖如找不着草场的鹿，在追赶的人面前无力行走。
当代译本 - 少女锡安的尊荣消逝，她的首领像找不到草吃的鹿，无力逃脱敌人的追赶。
圣经新译本 - 锡安（“锡安”原文作“锡安的女子”）所有的尊荣，都离开了她的居民。她的众领袖都像找不着牧场的鹿；在追赶的人面前无力逃走。
中文标准译本 - 锡安女子所有的威荣都离她而去；她的首领们像找不到草场的鹿，在追赶他们的人面前行走无力。 ז Zayin
现代标点和合本 - 锡安城的威荣全都失去，她的首领像找不着草场的鹿，在追赶的人前无力行走。
和合本（拼音版） - 锡安城的威荣全都失去，她的首领像找不着草场的鹿，在追赶的人前无力行走。
New International Version - All the splendor has departed from Daughter Zion. Her princes are like deer that find no pasture; in weakness they have fled before the pursuer.
English Standard Version - From the daughter of Zion all her majesty has departed. Her princes have become like deer that find no pasture; they fled without strength before the pursuer.
New Living Translation - All the majesty of beautiful Jerusalem has been stripped away. Her princes are like starving deer searching for pasture. They are too weak to run from the pursuing enemy.
The Message - All beauty has drained from Daughter Zion’s face. Her princes are like deer famished for food, chased to exhaustion by hunters.
Christian Standard Bible - All the splendor has vanished from Daughter Zion. Her leaders are like stags that find no pasture; they stumble away exhausted before the hunter. ז Zayin
New American Standard Bible - All of her splendor Is gone from the daughter of Zion; Her leaders have become like deer That have found no pasture, And they have fled without strength From the pursuer.
New King James Version - And from the daughter of Zion All her splendor has departed. Her princes have become like deer That find no pasture, That flee without strength Before the pursuer.
Amplified Bible - All her beauty and majesty Have departed from the Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem). Her princes have become like deer That have found no pasture; They have fled without strength Before the pursuer.
American Standard Version - And from the daughter of Zion all her majesty is departed: Her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, And they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
King James Version - And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
New English Translation - All of Daughter Zion’s splendor has departed. Her leaders became like deer; they found no pasture, so they were too exhausted to escape from the hunter. ז (Zayin)
World English Bible - All majesty has departed from the daughter of Zion. Her princes have become like deer that find no pasture. They have gone without strength before the pursuer.
新標點和合本 - 錫安城（原文是女子；下同）的威榮全都失去。她的首領像找不着草場的鹿；在追趕的人前無力行走。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 錫安的威榮全都失去。她的領袖如找不着草場的鹿，在追趕的人面前無力行走。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 錫安的威榮全都失去。她的領袖如找不着草場的鹿，在追趕的人面前無力行走。
當代譯本 - 少女錫安的尊榮消逝，她的首領像找不到草吃的鹿，無力逃脫敵人的追趕。
聖經新譯本 - 錫安（“錫安”原文作“錫安的女子”）所有的尊榮，都離開了她的居民。她的眾領袖都像找不著牧場的鹿；在追趕的人面前無力逃走。
呂振中譯本 - 錫安小姐的富麗全都失去了；她的首領像公綿羊找不着牧場；在追趕的人前面沒有力量行走。
中文標準譯本 - 錫安女子所有的威榮都離她而去；她的首領們像找不到草場的鹿，在追趕他們的人面前行走無力。 ז Zayin
現代標點和合本 - 錫安城的威榮全都失去，她的首領像找不著草場的鹿，在追趕的人前無力行走。
文理和合譯本 - 郇女之榮華盡喪兮、彼之牧伯、如不得芻之鹿兮、在於逐者之前、無力而走兮、
文理委辦譯本 - 郇邑之女、頓喪婉孌之姿兮、維彼牧伯、若失蒭之鹿兮、無力戰鬥、為敵追襲兮。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 郇邑邑原文作女頓喪榮華、其諸候伯如鹿失草、精力疲憊、被敵追襲、
Nueva Versión Internacional - La bella Sión ha perdido todo su antiguo esplendor. Sus príncipes parecen venados que vagan en busca de pastos. Exhaustos, se dan a la fuga frente a sus perseguidores. Zayin
현대인의 성경 - 시온의 영광이 다 떠나 버렸다. 그 지도자들은 꼴을 얻지 못해 기진 맥진하여 몰이꾼 앞에서 더 이상 달아날 수 없는 사슴처럼 되었네.
Новый Русский Перевод - Все великолепие покинуло дочь Сиона. Вожди ее подобны оленям, не находящим пастбища; обессиленные, они бегут впереди погонщика.
Восточный перевод - Всё великолепие покинуло дочь Сиона . Вожди её подобны оленям, не находящим пастбища; обессиленные они бегут впереди погонщика.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Всё великолепие покинуло дочь Сиона . Вожди её подобны оленям, не находящим пастбища; обессиленные они бегут впереди погонщика.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Всё великолепие покинуло дочь Сиона . Вожди её подобны оленям, не находящим пастбища; обессиленные они бегут впереди погонщика.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - La communauté de Sion ╵a été dépouillée de toute sa splendeur. Ses ministres sont devenus ╵semblables à des cerfs qui ne trouvent pas de pâture, qui fuient à bout de forces devant ceux qui les traquent.
リビングバイブル - シオンの美しさも威厳も、すっかりなくなりました。指導者たちは、あてもなく牧草地をさまよう飢えた鹿のようで、敵に出会っても逃げる力さえありません。
Nova Versão Internacional - Todo o esplendor fugiu da cidade de Sião. Seus líderes são como corças que não encontram pastagem; sem forças fugiram diante do perseguidor.
Hoffnung für alle - Zion hat all ihre Pracht verloren. Ihre Führer sind wie Hirsche, die keine Weide mehr finden; ausgehungert, wie sie sind, fehlt ihnen nun die Kraft, den Jägern zu entfliehen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Tất cả vẻ lộng lẫy của con gái Si-ôn giờ đây đã tiêu tan. Vua chúa nó như con nai đói tìm không ra đồng cỏ. Họ không còn đủ sức để chạy mong tránh khỏi sự săn đuổi của quân thù.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ความโอ่อ่าตระการทั้งปวง พรากไปจากธิดาแห่งศิโยน เสียแล้ว เจ้านายของเธอเป็นเหมือนกวาง ที่หาทุ่งหญ้าไม่ได้ ต้องหนีไปต่อหน้านักล่า อย่างอ่อนแรง
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ความยิ่งใหญ่ได้ละไปจาก ธิดาแห่งศิโยนเสียแล้ว บรรดาผู้นำของนางได้เป็นเหมือนกับกวาง ที่หาทุ่งหญ้าไม่ได้ พวกเขาวิ่งหนีผู้ตามล่าไปอย่าง หมดเรี่ยวแรง

Psalm 48:2 - Mount Zion is high and beautiful. It brings joy to everyone on earth. Mount Zion is like the highest parts of Mount Zaphon. It is the city of the Great King.
Psalm 48:3 - God is there to keep it safe. He has shown himself to be like a fort to the city.
2 Samuel 4:11 - Now you evil men have killed a man in his own house. He hadn’t done anything wrong. You killed him while he was lying on his own bed. You spilled his blood. So shouldn’t I spill your blood? Shouldn’t I wipe you off the face of the earth?”
2 Samuel 4:12 - Then David gave an order to his men. They killed Rekab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet. They hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron. But they buried the head of Ish-Bosheth in Abner’s tomb at Hebron.
Deuteronomy 28:25 - The Lord will help your enemies win the battle over you. You will come at them from one direction. But you will run away from them in every direction. All the kingdoms on earth will be completely shocked when they see you.
Isaiah 4:5 - Then the Lord will create over Jerusalem a cloud of smoke by day. He will also create a glow of flaming fire at night. The cloud and fire will appear over all of Mount Zion. They will also appear over the people who gather together there. The Lord’s glory will be like a tent over everything.
Jeremiah 51:30 - Babylon’s soldiers have stopped fighting. They remain in their forts. Their strength is all gone. They have become weak. Their buildings are set on fire. The metal bars that lock their gates are broken.
Jeremiah 51:31 - One messenger after another comes to the king of Babylon. All of them announce that his entire city is captured.
Jeremiah 51:32 - The places where people go across the Euphrates River have been captured. The swamps have been set on fire. And the soldiers are terrified.”
Ezekiel 11:22 - Then the cherubim spread their wings. The wheels were beside them. The glory of the God of Israel was above them.
Ezekiel 11:23 - The glory of the Lord went up from the city. It stopped above the Mount of Olives east of the city.
Isaiah 1:21 - See how the faithful city of Jerusalem has become like a prostitute! Once it was full of people who treated others fairly. Those who did what was right used to live in it. But now murderers live there!
2 Kings 19:21 - Here is the message the Lord has spoken against him. The Lord says, “ ‘You will not win the battle over Zion. Its people hate you and make fun of you. The people of Jerusalem lift up their heads proudly as you run away.
Deuteronomy 32:30 - How could one person chase a thousand? How could two make ten thousand run away? It couldn’t happen unless their Rock had deserted them. It couldn’t take place unless the Lord had given them up.
Psalm 132:12 - If your sons keep my covenant and the laws I teach them, then their sons will sit on your throne for ever and ever.”
Psalm 132:13 - The Lord has chosen Zion. That’s the place where he wants to live.
Jeremiah 52:13 - Nebuzaradan set the Lord’s temple on fire. He also set fire to the royal palace and all the houses in Jerusalem. He burned down every important building.
Ezekiel 7:20 - My people were so proud of their beautiful jewelry. They used it to make statues of their evil gods. I hate those gods. So I will turn their jewelry into an “unclean” thing for them.
Ezekiel 7:21 - “ ‘I will hand over their wealth to outsiders. I will turn it over to sinful people in other countries. They will make it “unclean.”
Ezekiel 7:22 - I will turn my face away from my people. Robbers will make “unclean” the temple I love. They will enter it and make it “unclean.”
Isaiah 12:6 - People of Zion, give a loud shout! Sing for joy! The Holy One of Israel is among you. And he is great.”
Jeremiah 48:41 - Kerioth will be captured. Its forts will be taken. At that time the hearts of Moab’s soldiers will tremble in fear. They will be like the heart of a woman having a baby.
Jeremiah 29:4 - The Lord who rules over all is the God of Israel. He speaks to all those he forced to go from Jerusalem to Babylon. He says,
Lamentations 2:1 - See how the Lord covered the city of Zion with the cloud of his anger! He threw Israel’s glory down from heaven to earth. When he was angry, he turned his back on his own city.
Lamentations 2:2 - Without pity the Lord swallowed up all the homes of Jacob’s people. When he was angry, he tore down the forts of the people of Judah. He brought down their kingdom and princes to the ground in dishonor.
Lamentations 2:3 - When he was very angry, he took away Israel’s power. He pulled back his powerful right hand as the enemy approached. His burning anger blazed out in Jacob’s land. It burned up everything near it.
Lamentations 2:4 - Like an enemy the Lord got his bow ready to use. He had a sword in his right hand. Like an enemy he destroyed everything that used to be pleasing to him. His anger blazed out like fire. It burned up the homes in the city of Zion.
Lamentations 2:5 - The Lord was like an enemy. He swallowed up Israel. He swallowed up all of its palaces. He destroyed its forts. He filled the people of Judah with sorrow and sadness.
Lamentations 2:6 - The Lord’s temple was like a garden. But he completely destroyed it. He destroyed the place where he used to meet with his people. He made Zion’s people forget their appointed feasts and Sabbath days. When he was very angry, he turned his back on king and priest alike.
Lamentations 2:7 - The Lord deserted his altar. He left his temple. He gave the walls of Jerusalem’s palaces into the hands of her enemies. They shouted loudly in the house of the Lord. You would have thought it was the day of an appointed feast.
Joshua 7:12 - That is why the Israelites can’t stand up against their enemies. They turn their backs and run. That’s because I have decided to let them be destroyed. You must destroy the things you took that had been set apart to me. If you do not, I will not be with you anymore.
Joshua 7:13 - “Go and set the people apart. Tell them, ‘Make yourselves pure. Get ready for tomorrow. Here is what the Lord, the God of Israel, wants you to do. He says, “People of Israel, you have kept some of the things that had been set apart to me to be destroyed. You can’t stand up against your enemies until you get rid of those things.”
Jeremiah 13:18 - Speak to the king and his mother. Tell them, “Come down from your thrones. Your glorious crowns are about to fall from your heads.”
Jeremiah 47:3 - They will weep when they hear galloping horses. They will weep at the noise of enemy chariots. They will weep at the rumble of their wheels. Parents will not even try to help their children. Their hands will not be able to help them.
Zephaniah 3:14 - People of Zion, sing! Israel, shout loudly! People of Jerusalem, be glad! Let your hearts be full of joy.
Zephaniah 3:15 - The Lord has stopped punishing you. He has made your enemies turn away from you. The Lord is the King of Israel. He is with you. You will never again be afraid that others will harm you.
Zephaniah 3:16 - The time is coming when people will say to Jerusalem, “Zion, don’t be afraid. Don’t give up.
Zephaniah 3:17 - The Lord your God is with you. He is the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you. In his love he will no longer punish you. Instead, he will sing for joy because of you.”
Jeremiah 52:11 - Then he poked out Zedekiah’s eyes. He put him in bronze chains. And he took him to Babylon. There he put Zedekiah in prison until the day he died.
Jeremiah 14:5 - Even the female deer in the fields desert their newborn fawns. There isn’t any grass to eat.
Jeremiah 14:6 - Wild donkeys stand on the bare hilltops. They long for water as wild dogs do. Their eyesight fails because they do not have any food to eat.”
Psalm 50:2 - From Zion, perfect and beautiful, God’s glory shines out.
Psalm 96:9 - Worship the Lord because of his beauty and holiness. All you people of the earth, tremble when you are with him.
Ezekiel 24:21 - ‘Speak to the people of Israel. Tell them, “The Lord and King says, ‘I am about to make my temple “unclean.” I will let the Babylonians burn it down. It is the beautiful building you are so proud of. You take delight in it. You love it. The sons and daughters you left behind will be killed by swords.
Psalm 44:9 - But now you have turned your back on us and made us humble. You don’t march out with our armies anymore.
Psalm 44:10 - You made us turn and run from our enemies. They have taken what belongs to us.
Psalm 44:11 - You handed us over to be eaten up like sheep. You have scattered us among the nations.
Leviticus 26:36 - “ ‘Some of you will be left in the lands of your enemies. I will fill your hearts with fear. The sound of a leaf blown by the wind will scare you away. You will run as if you were escaping from swords. You will fall down, even though no one is chasing you.
Leviticus 26:37 - You will trip over one another as if you were running away from the battle. You will run away, even though no one is chasing you. You will not be able to stand and fight against your enemies.
Jeremiah 52:7 - Then the Babylonians broke through the city wall. Judah’s whole army ran away. They left the city at night. They went out through the gate between the two walls that were near the king’s garden. They escaped even though the Babylonians surrounded the city. Judah’s army ran toward the Arabah Valley.
Jeremiah 52:8 - But the armies of Babylon chased King Zedekiah. They caught up with him in the plains near Jericho. All his soldiers were separated from him. They had scattered in every direction.
Ezekiel 24:25 - “Son of man, I will take away their beautiful temple. It is their joy and glory. They take delight in it. Their hearts long for it. I will also take away their sons and daughters.