So I will gather them against you from every direction and expose your nakedness to them that they may see all your nakedness. In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, became king. Read full chapter. Moreover, he burned incense in the valley of Ben-hinnom and burned his sons in fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had driven out before the sons of Israel.read more.He sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills and under every green tree. But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel; he also made molten images for the Baals. Also the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed; Thorn and thistle will grow on their altars; Cover us! And to the hills, Fall on us!, Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you people say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.. For thus says the Lord God, I will also do with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Thus says the Lord, Just so will I destroy the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem. For ver. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! They placed the ark of God on a new cart that they might bring it from the house of Abinadab which was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were leading the new cart.read more.So they brought it with the ark of God from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill; and Ahio was walking ahead of the ark. Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your dress was of fine linen, silk and embroidered cloth. But Jesus turning to them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, stop weeping for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. But the other answered, and rebuking him said, Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? These are the statutes and the judgments which you shall carefully observe in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess as long as you live on the earth. Zion is described both as the city of David and the city of God. Further, he distributed to all the people, to all the multitude of Israel, both to men and women, a cake of bread and one of dates and one of raisins to each one. Then the whole assembly decided to celebrate the feast another seven days, so they celebrated the seven days with joy. Furthermore, they have even sent for men who come from afar, to whom a messenger was sent; and lo, they camefor whom you bathed, painted your eyes and decorated yourselves with ornaments; and you sat on a splendid couch with a table arranged before it on which you had set My incense and My oil. Now your older sister is Samaria, who lives north of you with her daughters; and your younger sister, who lives south of you, is Sodom with her daughters. God is in the midst of her, she will not be moved;God will help her when morning dawns. So I will calm My fury against you and My jealousy will depart from you, and I will be pacified and angry no more. Yet you have not merely walked in their ways or done according to their abominations; but, as if that were too little, you acted more corruptly in all your conduct than they. But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. IV. The sun will be turned into darknessAnd the moon into blood,Before the great and glorious day of the Lord shall come. but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. They will remove your nose and your ears; and your survivors will fall by the sword. Then you grew up, became tall and reached the age for fine ornaments; your breasts were formed and your hair had grown. Thus you are different from those women in your harlotries, in that no one plays the harlot as you do, because you give money and no money is given you; thus you are different. Therefore, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord. Then declare to them their abominations. Then he said, What is this monument that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the grave of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things which you have done against the altar of Bethel. He said, Let him alone; let no one disturb his bones. So they left his bones undisturbed with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria. Psalm 48:2 Verse Concepts Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, Is Mount Zion in the far north, The city of the great King. Then you took your embroidered cloth and covered them, and offered My oil and My incense before them. Your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to their former state, and you with your daughters will also return to your former state. Almost all interpreters identify this city as Jerusalem 53 (due to the grapes/vine imagery that is so commonly associated with Israel in the Old Testament 54), yet the only "city" mentioned thus far in the chapter is "Babylon the great" (Babulwn hJ megavlh) in verse 8. I saw that she had defiled herself; they both took the same way. There were also male cult prostitutes in the land. She did not forsake her harlotries from the time in Egypt; for in her youth men had lain with her, and they handled her virgin bosom and poured out their lust on her. Zion city of our God; He whose word cannot be broken Formed thee for His own abode. God Then the king stood in his place and made a covenant before the. They will deal with you in hatred, take all your property, and leave you naked and bare. I also swore to you and entered into a covenant with you so that you became Mine, declares the Lord. You took some of your clothes, made for yourself high places of various colors and played the harlot on them, which should never come about nor happen. 2 Chronicles 6:6 - Bible Hub They wandered in the wilderness in a desert region;They did not find a way to an inhabited city. And even the rulers were sneering at Him, saying, He saved others; let Him save Himself if this is the Christ of God, His Chosen One.. Then your fame went forth among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect because of My splendor which I bestowed on you, declares the Lord. And on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. Then all the people departed each to his house. In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:We have a strong city;He sets up walls and ramparts for security. Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half of your sins, for you have multiplied your abominations more than they. When the Lord your God extends your border as He has promised you, and you say, I will eat meat, because you desire to eat meat, then you may eat meat, whatever you desire. When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and deliver them to an enemy, so that they take them away captive to a land far off or near,read more.if they take thought in the land where they are taken captive, and repent and make supplication to You in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have committed iniquity and have acted wickedly; if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been taken captive, and pray toward their land which You have given to their fathers and the city which You have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Your name, then hear from heaven, from Your dwelling place, their prayer and supplications, and maintain their cause and forgive Your people who have sinned against You. And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong. And he was saying, Jesus, remember me when You come in Your kingdom! And He said to him, Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise. It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour, because the sun was obscured; and the veil of the temple was torn in two. Thus they have committed adultery with their idols and even caused their sons, whom they bore to Me, to pass through the fire to them as food. Meanwhile, David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the Lord with all kinds of instruments made of fir wood, and with lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets and cymbals. When Your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way You shall send them, and they pray to the Lord toward the city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name, then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. You also multiplied your harlotry with the land of merchants, Chaldea, yet even with this you were not satisfied., How languishing is your heart, declares the Lord. She lusted after their paramours, whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys and whose issue is like the issue of horses. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. Behold now, I have stretched out My hand against you and diminished your rations. He did away with the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in the surrounding area of Jerusalem, also those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun and to the moon and to the constellations and to all the host of heaven. Then all the people departed each to his house. Bible Verses About Jerusalem Being The Capital Of Israel Try it free today! Now David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. Because you have not remembered the days of your youth but have enraged Me by all these things, behold, I in turn will bring your conduct down on your own head, declares the Lord God, so that you will not commit this lewdness on top of all your other abominations. God and the Lamb are the city's temple, since they are worshipped everywhere. What is Zion? - GotQuestions.org If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at privacy@biblegateway.com. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.read more.While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men suddenly stood near them in dazzling clothing; and as the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, Why do you seek the living One among the dead? You also took your beautiful jewels made of My gold and of My silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself male images that you might play the harlot with them. When they saw Him, they were astonished; and His mother said to Him, Son, why have You treated us this way? For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, , Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. Now your older sister is Samaria, who lives north of you with her daughters; and your younger sister, who lives south of you, is Sodom with her daughters. She uncovered her harlotries and uncovered her nakedness; then I became disgusted with her, as I had become disgusted with her sister. New International Version But now I have chosen Jerusalem for my Name to be there, and I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.' New Living Translation But now I have chosen Jerusalem as the place for my name to be honored, and I have chosen David to be king over my people Israel.'" English Standard Version The king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. if they take thought in the land where they are taken captive, and repent and make supplication to You in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have committed iniquity and have acted wickedly; if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been taken captive, and pray toward their land which You have given to their fathers and the city which You have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Your name. Why Is Jerusalem So Important Today? | Messianic Bible Zion is Jerusalem. Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were unfaithful to the Lord God of their fathers, so that He made them a horror, as you see. Being carried in the Spirit reminds us that John continues a visionary sequence (Revelation 1:10; 4:2). Then I will stop you from playing the harlot, and you will also no longer pay your lovers. Selah. Then they slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth of the second month. You adulteress wife, who takes strangers instead of her husband! Behold, your house is left to you desolate; and I say to you, you will not see Me until the time comes when you say, Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!, After He had said these things, He was going on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. But they did not understand the statement which He had made to them. So she increased her harlotries. And from the River to the ends of the earth. Also bear your disgrace in that you have made judgment favorable for your sisters. As the name of your sister Sodom was not heard from your lips in your day of pride, before your wickedness was uncovered, so now you have become the reproach of the daughters of Edom and of all who are around her, of the daughters of the Philistinesthose surrounding you who despise you. Be warned, O Jerusalem,Or I shall be alienated from you,And make you a desolation,A land not inhabited.. Jerusalem, the City of God A psalm of the sons of Korah. There you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the contribution of your hand, your votive offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock. She did not forsake her harlotries from the time in Egypt; for in her youth men had lain with her, and they handled her virgin bosom and poured out their lust on her. For if you return to the Lord, your brothers and your sons will find compassion before those who led them captive and will return to this land. Psalm 87:3 Glorious things are ascribed to you, O city of God. Thus you are different from those women in your harlotries, in that no one plays the harlot as you do, because you give money and no money is given you; thus you are different., Therefore, O harlot, hear the word of the. So they brought in the ark of the Lord and set it in its place inside the tent which David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord. He walked in all the way of Asa his father; he did not turn aside from it, doing right in the sight of the. He said, Let him alone; let no one disturb his bones. So they left his bones undisturbed with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria. Then you grew up, became tall and reached the age for fine ornaments; your breasts were formed and your hair had grown. Now when Josiah turned, he saw the graves that were there on the mountain, and he sent and took the bones from the graves and burned them on the altar and defiled it according to the word of the Lord which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things. Verse 3. And give Him no rest until He establishes. Psalm 46:4 also refers to "the city of God, the dwelling places of the Most High.". But to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may have a lamp always before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen for Myself to put My name.