All of them conspired together to move with armed forces against Jerusalem and to create a disturbance in it.

The sum total of the descendants of Perez who were settling in Jerusalem was 468 exceptional men.

The singers were also assembled from the district around Jerusalem and from the settlements of the Netophathites

and from Beth Gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built settlements for themselves around Jerusalem.

The people from Tyre who lived there were bringing fish and all kinds of merchandise and were selling it on the Sabbath to the people of Judah – and in Jerusalem, of all places!

The traders and sellers of all kinds of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem once or twice.

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, now and forevermore.

May the Lord bless you from Zion, that you might see Jerusalem prosper all the days of your life,

So I was far wealthier than all my predecessors in Jerusalem, yet I maintained my objectivity:

The Beloved to the Maidens: I am dark but lovely, O maidens of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Qedar, lovely like the tent curtains of Salmah.

Its posts were made of silver; its back was made of gold. Its seat was upholstered with purple wool; its interior was inlaid with leather by the maidens of Jerusalem.

His mouth is very sweet; he is totally desirable. This is my beloved! This is my companion, O maidens of Jerusalem!

The Beloved to the Maidens: I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem: “Do not arouse or awaken love until it pleases!”

Here is the message about Judah and Jerusalem that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz.

So now, residents of Jerusalem, people of Judah, you decide between me and my vineyard!

As I have done to Samaria and its idols, so I will do to Jerusalem and its idols.”

This very day, standing in Nob, they shake their fist at Daughter Zion’s mountain – at the hill of Jerusalem.

Therefore, listen to the Lord’s word, you who mock, you rulers of these people who reside in Jerusalem!

Just as birds hover over a nest, so the Lord who commands armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it; as he passes over he will rescue it.

“For a remnant will leave Jerusalem; survivors will come out of Mount Zion. The intense devotion of the Lord who commands armies will accomplish this.