Beautiful in its loftiness, the joy of the whole earth, like the heights of Zaphon (most sacred mountain of the Canaanites) is Mount Zion, the city of the Great King.
beautiful in its loftiness
Psalm 50:2 From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
Lamentations 2:15 "All who pass your way clap their hands at you; they scoff and shake their heads at Daughter Jerusalem: "Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth?"
Isaiah 2:2 In the last days the mountain of the LORD's temple will be established as the highest of the mountains; it will be exalted above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
Ezekiel 16:14 " 'And your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, because the splendor I had given you made your beauty perfect, declares the Sovereign LORD.' "
like the heights of Zaphon is Mount Zion
Psalm 2:6 "I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain."
the city of the Great King
Matthew 5:34-35 "But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God's throne; or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King."
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