behold it is I: the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem, chap. lii. 1, 2, 6, 9. Sing; O daughter of Zion, rejoice with all thy heart, O daughter of Jerusalem; the king of Israel is in the midst of thee; fear not evil any more; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing; I will give you for a name and a praise among all people of the earth, Zephan. iii. 14 to 17, 20. Thus saith Jehovah thy redeemer, saying to Jerusalem, Thou shall be inhabited, Isaiah xliv. 24, 26. Thus saith Jehovah, I will return to Zion, and dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth, and the mountain of Jehovah of hosts, the mountain of holiness, Zech. viii. 3, 20 to 23. Then shall ye know that I Jehovah am your God dwelling in Zion, the mountain of holiness; then shall Jerusalem be holy; audit shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down with new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and Jerusalem shall remain from generation to generation, Joel iii. 17 to 21. In that day shall the branch of Jehovah be beautiful and glorious, and it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem shall be called holy, every one that is written for life in Jerusalem, Isaiah iv. 2, 3. But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of Jehovah shall be established in the top of the mountains; for the law shall go forth out of Zion, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem, Micah iv. 1, 2. At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Jehovah, and all the nations shall be gathered unto it to the name of Jehovah to Jerusalem, neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart, Jerem. iii. 17. Look upon Zion the city of our solemnities; thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be
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