Psalm 87:2

Zion, The City Of God

¹ A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A Song.
His foundation is in the holy mountains.
² The Lord loves the gates of Zion
More than all the other dwelling places of Jacob.
³ Glorious things are spoken of you,
O city of God. Selah.

Israel

Jacob

Jehovah

Zion

Deuteronomy 12:5

But you shall seek the Lord at the place which the Lord your God will choose from all your tribes, to establish His name there for His dwelling, and there you shall come.

2 Chronicles 6:6

but I have chosen Jerusalem that My name might be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

Psalm 78:67-69

He also rejected the tent of Joseph,
And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,

Psalm 132:13-14

For the Lord has chosen Zion;
He has desired it for His habitation.

Isaiah 14:32

“How then will one answer the messengers of the nation?
That the Lord has founded Zion,
And the afflicted of His people will seek refuge in it.”

Joel 2:32

“And it will come about that whoever calls on the name of the Lord
Will be delivered;
For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
There will be those who escape,
As the Lord has said,
Even among the survivors whom the Lord calls.