Psalm 48:2

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Summary

Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

Beautiful

Daniel 11:16

Joy

Hebrews 12:22

On the sides

Isaiah 14:13

Bible References

Beautiful

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

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.

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?

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

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.

Joy

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.

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

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.

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

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

On the sides

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.