Psalm 48:2
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2 beautiful in elevation,
is the joy of all the earth,
Mount Zion, in the far north,
the city of the great King.(A)
Psalm 50:2
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2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God shines forth.(A)
Isaiah 37:22
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22 this is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him:
She despises you; she scorns you—
virgin daughter Zion;
she tosses her head—behind your back,
daughter Jerusalem.(A)
Jeremiah 19:8
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8 And I will make this city a horror, a thing to be hissed at; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters.(A)
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Zephaniah 2:15
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15 Is this the exultant city
that lived secure,
that said to itself,
“I am, and there is no one else”?
What a desolation it has become,
a lair for wild animals!
Everyone who passes by it
hisses and shakes the fist.(A)
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