Psalm 48:2

Zion Exalted

¹ A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah.The Lord is great and highly praised
in the city of our God.
His holy mountain, ²  rising splendidly,
is the joy of the whole earth.
Mount Zion on the slopes of the north
is the city of the great King.
³ God is known as a stronghold
in its citadels.

All the Earth

City of David

Great King

Hill of Zion

Holy Mountain

Mount Zion

Sides of the North

Whole Earth

In The Far North

David

Zaphon

Zion

Psalm 50:2

From Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God appears in radiance.

Lamentations 2:15

ס SamekAll who pass by
scornfully clap their hands at you.
They mock and shake their heads
at Daughter Jerusalem:
Is this the city that was called
the perfection of beauty,
the joy of the whole earth?

Matthew 5:35

or by the earth, because it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.

Ezekiel 20:6

On that day I swore to them that I would bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.

Psalm 47:7-8

Sing a song of wisdom,
for God is King of all the earth.

Isaiah 14:13

You said to yourself:
“I will ascend to the heavens;
I will set up my throne
above the stars of God.
I will sit on the mount of the gods’ assembly,
in the remotest parts of the North.

Isaiah 60:15-20

Instead of your being deserted and hated,
with no one passing through,
I will make you an object of eternal pride,
a joy from age to age.

Isaiah 66:10

Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her,
all who love her.
Rejoice greatly with her,
all who mourn over her—

Jeremiah 3:19

I thought: How I long to make you My sons
and give you a desirable land,
the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations.
I thought: You will call Me, my Father,
and never turn away from Me.

Daniel 8:9

From one of them a little horn emerged and grew extensively toward the south and the east and toward the beautiful land.

Daniel 11:16

The king of the North who comes against him will do whatever he wants, and no one can oppose him. He will establish himself in the beautiful land with total destruction in his hand.

Malachi 1:14

“The deceiver is cursed who has an acceptable male in his flock and makes a vow but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says Yahweh of Hosts, “and My name will be feared among the nations.

Malachi 3:12

“Then all the nations will consider you fortunate, for you will be a delightful land,” says the Lord of Hosts.

Hebrews 12:22

Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God (the heavenly Jerusalem), to myriads of angels in festive gathering,