Son of Zion
According to the Roman Catholic sacred tradition, Son of Zion (or daughter of Jerusalem) is an official title that is referred to the Theotokos.
Quotes about
[edit]Old Testament
[edit]- Sing, O daughter of Zion!
- Shout, O Israel!
- Be glad and rejoice with all your heart,
- O daughter of Jerusalem!
- The Lord has taken away your judgments,
- He has cast out your enemy.
- The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst;
- You shall see disaster no more.
- In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem:
- “Do not fear;
- Zion, let not your hands be weak.
- The Lord your God in your midst,
- The Mighty One, will save;
- He will rejoice over you with gladness,
- He will quiet you with His love,
- He will rejoice over you with singing.”
- “I will gather those who sorrow over the appointed assembly,
- Who are among you,
- To whom its reproach is a burden.
- Book of Zephaniah 3:14-18 NKJV.
- Fear not, O land;
- be glad and rejoice,
- for the Lord has done great things. [...]
- O children of Zion, be glad,
- and rejoice in the Lord, your God.
- For he has given you food in good measure
- by sending you rain,
- the autumn and spring rains as before.[...]
- And you shall know
- that I am in the midst of Israel.
- Book of Joel 2:21,23,27 NCB.
- “Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For behold, I am coming and I will dwell in your midst,” says the Lord.
- Book of Zechariah 2:10 NKJV.
- I am black but beautiful, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Cedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
- 1:4.
- I adjure you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and the harts of the field, that you stir not up, nor make the beloved to awake, till she please.
- 2:7.
- I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes and the harts of the fields, that you stir not up, nor awake my beloved, till she please.
- 3:5.
- The pillars thereof he made of silver, the seat of gold, the going up of purple: the midst he covered with charity for the daughters of Jerusalem.
- 3:10
- I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him that I languish with love.
- 5:8.
- His throat most sweet, and he is all lovely: such is my beloved, and he is my friend, O ye daughters of Jerusalem.
- 5:16.
- I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you stir not up, nor awake my love till she please.
- 8:4.
New Testament
[edit]- “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!
- Gospel of Luke 1:28 NKJV.
- But Jesus, turning to them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem [Benot Yerushalayim, בְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם], do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
- Luke 23:28 NKJV.