Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

On the sides

Bible References

Beautiful

Psalm 50:2
From Zion, the most beautiful of all places, God comes in splendor.
Jeremiah 3:19
"I thought to myself, 'Oh what a joy it would be for me to treat you like a son! What a joy it would be for me to give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful piece of property there is in all the world!' I thought you would call me, 'Father' and would never cease being loyal to me.
Lamentations 2:15
(Samek) All who passed by on the road clapped their hands to mock you. They sneered and shook their heads at Daughter Jerusalem. "Ha! Is this the city they called 'The perfection of beauty, the source of joy of the whole earth!'?"
Daniel 8:9
From one of them came a small horn. But it grew to be very big, toward the south and the east and toward the beautiful land.
Daniel 11:16
The one advancing against him will do as he pleases, and no one will be able to stand before him. He will prevail in the beautiful land, and its annihilation will be within his power.

Joy

Isaiah 60:15
You were once abandoned and despised, with no one passing through, but I will make you a permanent source of pride and joy to coming generations.
Isaiah 66:10
Be happy for Jerusalem and rejoice with her, all you who love her! Share in her great joy, all you who have mourned over her!
Ezekiel 20:6
On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt to a land which I had picked out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.
Malachi 3:12
"All nations will call you happy, for you indeed will live in a delightful land," says the Lord who rules over all.
Hebrews 12:22
But you have come to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the assembly

On the sides

Isaiah 14:13
You said to yourself, "I will climb up to the sky. Above the stars of El I will set up my throne. I will rule on the mountain of assembly on the remote slopes of Zaphon.

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