They entered Jerusalem to the sound of stringed instruments and trumpets and proceeded to the temple of the <sc>Lordsc>.

But some men from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

<p class="bodytext">The king summoned all the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem.<n id="1" />

He entered Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king.

<t /><p class="bodytext">So I came to Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> When I had been there for three days,

The people gave their blessing on all the men who volunteered to settle in Jerusalem.p>

<p class="poetry">Because you favor Zion, do what is good for her!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Fortify<n id="2" /> the walls of Jerusalem!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">as you come out of your temple in Jerusalem!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Kings bring tribute to you.p>

<p class="poetry">They have made their blood flow like waterp> <p class="poetry">all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">so they may proclaim the name of the <sc>Lordsc> in Zion,p> <p class="poetry">and praise him<n id="1" /> in Jerusalem,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">in the courts of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple,p> <p class="poetry">in your midst, O Jerusalem.p> <p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> deserves praise in Zion<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">he who dwells in Jerusalem.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p>

<p class="poetry">Extol the <sc>Lordsc>, O Jerusalem!p> <p class="poetry">Praise your God, O Zion!p>

<t /><p class="poetry">I, the Teacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Lover to His Beloved:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">My darling, you are as beautiful as Tirzah,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">as lovely as Jerusalem,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">as awe-inspiring<n id="3" /> as bannered armies!p>

<p class="poetry">I overpowered kingdoms ruled by idols,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">whose carved images were more impressive than Jerusalem&#8217;s<n id="2" /> or Samaria&#8217;s.p>

<p class="poetry">You counted the houses in Jerusalem,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and demolished houses so you could have material to reinforce the wall.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I first decreed to Zion, &#8216;Look, here&#8217;s what will happen!&#8217;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I sent a herald to Jerusalem.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He will be left unburied just like a dead donkey.p> <p class="poetry">His body will be dragged off and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

&#8220;Son of man, confront Jerusalem<n id="1" /> with her abominable practices