Zion Outpost

Zion Promises

The Bible contains many promises about Zion.  When viewed altogether these promises paint a picture of what life is like in the city “whose architect and builder is God.”  With God Himself as both its builder and King, Zion’s inhabitants enjoy life the way God meant it to be.  As you read over these promises, understand them to be timeless expressions of life the way God wants it to be for all his children.

Psalm 48:1-3 

"Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in the mountain of His holiness.  Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth is Mount Zion in the far north, the city of the great king.  God has made Himself known in her palaces as a stronghold." "...The city of our God; God will establish her forever."

 

Psalm 50:2

"Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined."

 

Psalm 69:35-36

"God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah... the descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will dwell in it." (Isaiah 57:13,65:9)

 

Psalm 78:68

"He [God] chose... Mount Zion, which He loved."

 

Psalm 87:2

"The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the other dwelling places of Jacob."

 

Psalm 87:5

"Of Zion it shall be said, 'this one and that one were born in her'; and The Most High Himself will establish her."

 

Psalm 102:16

"When the Lord shall build up Zion, He shall appear in His glory."

 

Psalm 110:2

"The Lord will stretch forth your [Jesus'] strong scepter from Zion saying, 'Rule in the midst of your enemies!'"

 

Psalm 125:1

"Those who trust in The Lord are as Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever."

 

Psalm 126:1-2

"When the Lord brought back the captives to Zion, we were like those who dream.  Then our mouth was filled with laughter and our tongues with songs of joy.  Then it was said among the nations, 'The Lord has done great things for them.' The Lord has done great things for us; We are filled with joy!"

 

Psalm 132:13-18

"The Lord has chosen Zion, He has desired it for His dwelling place.  This is my rest, here will I dwell forever." (9:11; 76:2; Isaiah 8:18; Joel 3:21)  I will abundantly bless her provision, I will satisfy her needy with bread.  I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her godly ones will sing aloud for joy.  There I will make the Horn of David to spring forth; I have prepared a lamp for my anointed. I will clothe his enemies with same, but upon himself shall his crown flourish."

 

Psalm 133:3

"...Upon the mountains of Zion, there the Lord commanded the blessing - life forever."

 

Psalm 147:12-13

"Praise your God oh Zion!  For He has strengthened the bars of your gates; He has blessed your sons within you.  He makes peace within your borders; He satisfies you with the finest of wheat."

 

Psalm 149:2-4

"Let the sons of Zion rejoice in their King.  Let them praise His name with dancing, let them sing praises to Him with timbrel and lyre.  For the Lord takes pleasure in His people."

 

Isaiah 2:2-3

"…The mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established at the head of the mountains, and exalted above the hills and all nations will stream to it.  And many peoples will come and say, 'come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that He may teach us of His ways, and that we may walk in his paths.' For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem." (Micah 4:1-2)

 

Isaiah 4:3

"He who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy..."

 

Isaiah 4:5-6

"Then the Lord will create over the whole area of Mount Zion and over her dwelling places a cloud by day, even smoke, and the brightness of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory will be a canopy.  There will be a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and refuge and a hiding place from the storm and the rain."

 

Isaiah 10:24

"...Thus says the Lord God of Hosts, 'Oh my people who dwell in Zion, do not fear the Assyrian who strikes you with the rod and lifts up his staff against you.  For... The Lord of Hosts will arouse a scourge against him... in that day his burden will be removed from your shoulders and his yoke from your neck, and the yoke will be broken because of fatness."

 

Isaiah 11:9

"They [cobras and vipers] will not hurt or destroy in all my Holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea."

 

Isaiah 12:6

"Cry aloud and shout for joy, oh inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel."

 

Isaiah 14:32

"The Lord has founded Zion, and the afflicted of His people will seek refuge in it."

 

Isaiah 24:23

"The Lord of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion..."

 

Isaiah 25:6-10

"On this mountain the Lord of Hosts will prepare a feast of fat things for all peoples.  A banquet of aged wine, choice pieces with marrow and refined, aged wine.  And on this mountain He will swallow up the covering, which is over all peoples, even the veil which is woven over all the nations.  He will swallow up death for all time... and it will be said in that day, 'this is our God for whom we have waited, let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation,' for the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain..."

 

Isaiah 30:19-21

"Oh people in Zion, inhabitant in Jerusalem, you will weep no longer.  He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will answer you... your teacher will no longer hide himself, but your eyes will behold your teacher.  Your ears will hear a word behind you, 'This is the way walk in it,' whenever you turn to the right or to the left."

 

Isaiah 31:4-5

"...The lord of Hosts come down to wage war on Mount Zion and on its hill... He will protect and deliver it, He will pass over and rescue it."

 

Isaiah 33:20

"Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts... an undisturbed habitation, a tent which will not be folded; its stakes will never be pulled up, nor any of its cords be torn apart.  There the Majestic one, the Lord will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals on which no boat with oars will go, and on which no mighty ship will pass."

 

Isaiah 33:24

"No resident will say, 'I am sick.' The people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity."

 

Isaiah 35:10

"The ransomed of the Lord will return and come with joyful shouting to Zion, with everlasting joy upon their heads.  They will find gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away."

 

Isaiah 40:9

"Get yourself up on a high mountain, oh Zion, bearer of good news, lift up your voice mightily... do not fear.  Say to the cities of Judah, 'Here is your God!'"

 

Isaiah 46:13

"I bring near my righteousness, it is not far off and My salvation will not delay.  And I will grant salvation in Zion, and My glory for Israel."

 

Isaiah 49:15-16

"...I will not forget you [Zion].  Behold, I have inscribed you on my palms; your walls are continually before me... those who destroyed you and laid you waste go forth from you... you will be too cramped for your people, and those who devoured you will be far from you."

 

Isaiah 51:3

"The Lord will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the Lord."

 

Isaiah 52:1-2

"Awake, awake, clothe yourself in your strength, oh Zion, clothe yourself in your beautiful garments, oh Jerusalem, the holy city.  For the uncircumcised and the unclean will no longer come into you.  Shake yourself from the dust, rise up, oh captive Jerusalem; loose yourself from the chains around your neck, oh captive daughter of Zion."

 

Isaiah 52:7

"How lovely on the mountains are the feet of him who brings goon news, who announces peace and brings good news of happiness, who announces salvation, and says to Zion, 'Your God reigns!'... When the Lord restores Zion.  Break forth, shout joyfully together, you waste places of Jerusalem; for the Lord has comforted His people, He has redeemed Jerusalem.  The Lord has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations, that all the ends of the earth may see the salvation of our God."

 

Isaiah 56:6-7

"...The foreigners who join themselves to the Lord to minister to Him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be His servants, every one who keeps from profaning the Sabbath and holds fast My covenant; even those I will bring to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer.  Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar; for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples."

 

Isaiah 57:13

"...He who takes refuge in Me will inherit the land and will possess My holy mountain."

 

Isaiah 60:1-5

"Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.  For behold, darkness will cover the earth and deep darkness the peoples; but the Lord will rise upon you and His glory will appear upon you.  Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.  Lift up your eyes round about and see; they all gather together, they come to you.  Your sons will come from afar, and your daughters will be carried in the arms.  Then you will see and be radiant, and your heart will thrill and rejoice; because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you, the wealth of the nations will come to you."

 

Isaiah 60:9-11

"...The ships of Tarshish will come first, to bring your sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of the Lord your God, and for the Holy One of Israel because He has beautified you.  Foreigners will build up your walls, and their kings will minister to you... Your gates will be open continually; they will not be closed day or night, so that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations, with their kings led in procession."

 

Isaiah 60:14

"...They will call you the city of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel."

 

Isaiah 60:15-22

"...I will make you an everlasting pride, a joy form generation to generation.  You will suck the milk of nations and suck the breast of kings; then you will know that I the Lord, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.  Instead of bronze I will bring gold, instead of iron I will bring silver, and instead of wood, bronze, and instead of stones, iron.  And I will make peace your administrators and righteousness your overseers.  Violence will not be heard again in your land, nor devastation or destruction within your borders; But you will call your walls salvation, and your gates praise.  No longer will you have the sun for light by day, nor for brightness will the moon give you light; But you will have the Lord for an everlasting light, and your God for your glory.  Your sun will no longer set, nor will your moon wane; for you will have the Lord for an everlasting light, and the days of your mourning will be over.  Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever, the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, that I may be glorified."

 

Isaiah 61:6-7

"...You will be called the priests of the Lord; you will be spoken of as ministers of our God.  You will eat the wealth of nations; and in their riches you will boast... they will shout for joy over their portion... they will possess double in their land, everlasting joy will be theirs."

 

Isaiah 61:9

"Then their offspring will be known among the nations, and their descendants in the midst of the peoples.  All who see them will recognize them because they are the offspring whom the Lord has blessed."

 

Isaiah 62:1-5

"For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not keep quiet, until her righteousness goes forth like brightness, and her salvation like a torch that is burning.  The nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory; and you will be called by a new name which the mouth of the Lord will designate.  You will also be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God... you will be called ' my delight is in her,' and your land, 'married'; for the Lord delights in you, and your land will be married. For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, your God will rejoice over you."

 

Isaiah 62:12

"...They will call them [the 'daughter of Zion']  'The holy people, the redeemed of the Lord'; and you will be called, 'Sought out, a city not forsaken'."

 

Jeremiah 3:14-15

"...I will bring you to Zion.  Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you on knowledge and understanding."

 

Jeremiah 31:6

"...Arise, let us go to Zion, to the Lord our God."

 

Jeremiah 31:11-14

"The Lord has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.  They will come and shout for joy on the height of Zion, and they will be radiant over the goodness of the Lord - over the grain and the new wine and the oil, and over the young of the flock and the herd; and their life will be like a watered garden, and they will never languish again.  Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old, together, for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them and give them joy for their sorrow.  I will saturate the soul of the priests with fatness, and My people will satisfied with My goodness, declares the Lord."

 

Jeremiah 31:23

"...The Lord bless you, dwelling place of righteousness, holy hill."

 

Jeremiah 51:10

"The Lord has brought forth our righteousness; come and let us declare in Zion the work of our God!"

 

Joel 2:32

"...On mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape..."

 

Joel 3:16-17

"The Lord roars from Zion and utters His voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth tremble.  But the Lord is a refuge for His people and a stronghold to the sons of Israel.  Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain..."

 

Obadiah 17:

"...On Mount Zion there will be those who escape, and it will be holy."

 

Micah 4:1-2

"…The mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established at the head of the mountains, and exalted above the hills and all nations will stream to it.  And many peoples will come and say, 'come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that He may teach us of His ways, and that we may walk in his paths.'  For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem."

 

Micah 4:4

"Each of them will sit under his vine and under his fig tree, with no one to make them afraid, for the mouth of the Lord of Hosts has spoken."

 

Micah 4:6-8

"...I will assemble the lame and gather the outcasts... I will make the lame a remnant and the outcasts a strong nation, and the Lord will reign over them in Mount Zion from now on and forever.  As for you, tower of the flock, hill of the daughter of Zion, to you it will come even the former dominion will come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem."

 

Micah 4:13

"Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion, for your horn I will make iron, and your hoofs I will make bronze, that you may pulverize many peoples, that you may devote to the Lord their unjust gain, and their wealth to the Lord of all the earth."

 

Zephaniah 3:14-17

"Shout for joy, oh daughter of Zion!  Shout oh Israel!  Rejoice and exult with all your heart, oh daughter of Jerusalem!  The Lord has taken away His judgments against you. He has cleared away your enemies.  The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; You will fear disaster no more.  In that day it will be said to Jerusalem:  'Do not be afraid, oh Zion; do not let your hands fall limp.  The Lord your God is in your midst, a victorious warrior.  He will exult over you with joy, He will renew you in His love, He will shout over you with shouts of joy."

 

Zephaniah 3:20

"...I will give you renown and praise among all the peoples of the earth."

 

Zechariah 2:7-8

"Ho, Zion!  Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.  For thus says the Lord of Hosts, 'After the glory He has sent me against the nations which plunder you, for he who touches you, touches the apple of His eye."

 

Zechariah 2:10

"Sing for joy and be glad, oh daughter of Zion, for behold I am coming and I will dwell in your midst, declares The Lord."

 

Zechariah 8:2-3

"...I am exceedingly jealous for Zion, yes, with great wrath I am jealous for her... I will return to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem.  Then Jerusalem will be called, 'The city of Truth' and, the mountain of the Lord of Hosts will be called, 'The holy Mountain'."

 

Zechariah 9:9-10

"Rejoice greatly Oh daughter of Zion!  Shout in triumph... Behold your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation... His dominion will be from sea to sea, and for the River to the ends of the earth."

 

Zechariah 9:13-14

"I will bend Judah as my bow, I will fill the bow with Ephraim, and I will stir up your sons, oh Zion... and I will make you like a warrior's sword.  Then the Lord will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning... The Lord of hosts will defend them.  And they will devour and trample... and The Lord their God will save them in that day as the flock of His people;  for they are as the stones of a crown, sparkling in His land.  What goodness and beauty will be theirs!  Grain will make the young men flourish and new wine the virgins."

 

Hebrews 12:22

"...You have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem..."