48:12 Walk around 1 Zion! Encircle it!
Count its towers!
48:13 Consider its defenses! 2
Walk through 3 its fortresses,
so you can tell the next generation about it! 4
1 tn The verb forms in vv. 12-13 are plural; the entire Judahite community is addressed.
2 tn Heb “set your heart to its rampart.”
3 tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew word translated “walk through,” which occurs only here in the OT, is uncertain. Cf. NEB “pass…in review”; NIV “view.”
4 sn The city’s towers, defenses, and fortresses are outward reminders and tangible symbols of the divine protection the city enjoys.