Sion is Zion.
It is the mountain of God
and the city of the great King.
There shall come out of Sion
the Deliverer.
The Lord hath chosen Sion;
he hath desired it for his habitation.
Sion is the Greek and older English spelling of Zion. It is the mountain in Jerusalem that God chose for His dwelling, and it stands for the city and the people of God. In Romans 11:26 Paul writes that the Deliverer shall come out of Sion and turn away ungodliness from Jacob. The same promise appears in Isaiah 59:20. Sion is the place from which the word of the Lord goes forth and the place from which the Deliverer comes.
- Sion and Zion are the same name. The KJV uses Sion in the New Testament and often in the Old.
- It is the mountain of the Lord and the city of the great King.
- God chose Sion for His habitation.
- Out of Sion shall come the Deliverer.
- Out of Sion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
There shall come out of Sion
the Deliverer,
and shall turn away ungodliness
from Jacob.
The Lord hath chosen Sion;
he hath desired it for his habitation.
- Romans 11:26 quotes the promise that the Deliverer comes out of Sion.
- Isaiah 59:20 is the Old Testament source of that promise.
- Psalm 132:13 says the Lord has chosen Sion for His habitation.
- Psalm 48:2 calls it the city of the great King.
- Isaiah 2:3 says the law goes forth from Zion and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
- Sion is both a place and a symbol of the people of God.
- The Name – Sion is Zion.
- The Place – The mountain and the city of Jerusalem.
- The Choice – The Lord has chosen Sion for His habitation.
- The Deliverer – He comes out of Sion.
- The Word – Out of Sion goes forth the law.
- Romans 11:26 – “And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.”
- Isaiah 59:20 – “And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord.”
- Psalm 132:13 – “For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.”
- Psalm 48:2 – “Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.”
- Isaiah 2:3 – “For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”
- Psalm 2:6 – “Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.”
- Hebrews 12:22 – “But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem.”
There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
The Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
Out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Sion is Zion, the mountain and the city God chose. From Sion the Deliverer comes.
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