10:32 This very day, standing in Nob,
they shake their fist at Daughter Zion’s mountain 1 –
at the hill of Jerusalem.
4:8 As for you, watchtower for the flock, 2
fortress of Daughter Zion 3 –
your former dominion will be restored, 4
the sovereignty that belongs to Daughter Jerusalem.
1 tc The consonantal text (Kethib) has “a mountain of a house (בֵּית, bet), Zion,” but the marginal reading (Qere) correctly reads “the mountain of the daughter (בַּת, bat) of Zion.” On the phrase “Daughter Zion,” see the note on the same phrase in 1:8.
2 tn Heb “Migdal-eder.” Some English versions transliterate this phrase, apparently because they view it as a place name (cf. NAB).
3 sn The city of David, located within Jerusalem, is addressed as Daughter Zion. As the home of the Davidic king, who was Israel’s shepherd (Ps 78:70-72), the royal citadel could be viewed metaphorically as the watchtower of the flock.
4 tn Heb “to you it will come, the former dominion will arrive.”