zionism

³Thus says the Lord of hosts: I have been turned back towards Zion, and I will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. And Jerusalem will be called: “The City of Truth,” and “The Mountain of the Lord of Hosts, the Sanctified Mountain.”

²⁴Certainly, I will take you away from the Gentiles, and I will gather you together from all the lands, and I will lead you into your own land.

¹⁴And I will turn back the captivity of my people Israel. And they will rebuild the deserted cities and inhabit them. And they will plant vineyards and drink their wine. And they will create gardens and eat their fruits. ¹⁵And I will plant them on their own soil. And I will no longer root them out of their own land, which I have given them, says the Lord your God.

¹⁴And the sons of those who humiliate you will approach and will bow down before you. And all who detract you will reverence the path of your feet. And they will call you the City of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

²the Lord loves the gates of Zion above all the tabernacles of Jacob. ³Glorious things are being said of you, O City of God.

³And many peoples will go, and they will say: “Let us approach and ascend to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob. And he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

²⁶And in this way, all of Israel may be saved, just as it was written: “From Zion shall arrive he who delivers, and he shall turn impiety away from Jacob.

¹A Psalm of David: to Jeremiah. Above the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept, while we remembered Zion. ²By the willow trees, in their midst, we hung up our instruments. ³For, in that place, those who led us into captivity questioned us about the words of the songs. And those who carried us away said: “Sing us a hymn from the songs of Zion.” ⁴How can we sing a song of the Lord in a foreign land? ⁵If I ever forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten. ⁶May my tongue adhere to my jaws, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem first, as the beginning of my joy.

²⁰So then, are you willing to understand, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? ²¹Was not our father Abraham justified by means of works, by offering his son Isaac upon the altar? ²²Do you see that faith was cooperating with his works, and that by means of works faith was brought to fulfillment? ²³And so the Scripture was fulfilled which says: “Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.” And so he was called the friend of God. ²⁴Do you see that a man is justified by means of works, and not by faith alone?

¹⁷For the Lord has built up Zion, and he will be seen in his glory.

²¹And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will take up the sons of Israel, from the midst of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them together on every side, and I will lead them onto their own soil. ²²And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will be ruler over all. And they will no longer be two nations, nor will they be divided any more into two kingdoms.

¹⁴And so, brothers, stand firm, and hold to the traditions that you have learned, whether by word or by our epistle. ¹⁵So may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who has loved us and who has given us an everlasting consolation and good hope in grace,