Quotes about Jerusalem
I was the first to tell Zion: ‘Look, here they are!’ And I gave to Jerusalem a herald of good news.
— Isaiah 41:27
who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’
— Isaiah 44:26
who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”
— Isaiah 44:28
Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger.
— Isaiah 51:17
Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.
— Isaiah 52:1
Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.
— Isaiah 52:9
The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
— Isaiah 60:14
For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.
— Isaiah 62:1
On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,
— Isaiah 62:6
nor give Him any rest until He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.
— Isaiah 62:7
Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.
— Isaiah 64:10
But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight.
— Isaiah 65:18