Verse 1
Zion stands throughout the ages (Ps. 46:4-5, Ps. 125:1-2)
While its rulers rise and fall
Never-ending battle rages
Hated and oppressed by all (Ps. 83:2-8, Ps. 129:1-2)
It is now a desolation (Ezek. 11:5-12, Ezek. 36:33-36, Ps. 79:1, Lam. 1:1, Lam. 1:5, Lam. 5:18, Isa. 64:10-11, Jer. 9:11, Mic. 3:12)
Though its streets are far from bare (Luke 21:24)
It awaits its restoration (Ezek. 36:33-36, Ezek. 37:26-28)
On the day “the Lord is there” (Ezekiel 48:35)
The Lord is There
Verse 2
Where are Zion’s former glories?
Ichabod is all we’ve known (I Sam. 4:21-22)
Who can still recall the stories
When it held God’s holy throne? (Ps. 48:2-3, Ps. 132:13-14, Jer. 3:17)
But His glory, long departed (Ezek. 10:18, Ezek. 11:23, I Sam. 4:22)
Will, like lightning, fill the air (Matt. 24:27-30, Luke 17:24, Ezek. 43:2, Ps. 102:13-16)
When the skies one day are parted (Isa. 64:1, Rev. 1:7)
On the day “the Lord is there” (Ezekiel 48:35)
The Lord is There
Verse 3
Zion’s filled with shrines and altars
Set apart for other lords (I Kings 11:7, II Kings 21:4-5, II Kings 23:4-5, II Chron. 28:24, II Chron. 33:4, Jer. 11:13, Jer. 19:13)
Faded are the songs of psalters
And the harp’s and trumpet’s chords (Ezek. 26:13, Ps. 137:2, Jer. 7:34, Lam. 5:14, Amos 5:23)
Till the day a trumpet sounding (Matt. 24:31, I Cor. 15:52, I Thess. 4:16)
Hails Messiah in the air (I Thess. 4:17)
And His praises are resounding
On the day “The Lord is there!” (Ezekiel 48:35)
The Lord is There
Verse 4
Zion, rise! Your Lord, appearing (Isa. 60:1)
Comes to claim His rightful throne (Ps. 2:6-8, Isa. 9:6-7, Matt. 25:31, Luke 1:32-33, Acts 2:30, Rev. 19:11-16)
And the nations, trembling, fearing
Worship God and God alone (Ps. 2:8-12, Ps. 96:9, Isaiah 2:2-4, Isa. 45:23, Zech. 14:16, Rom. 14:11, Phil. 2:10-11, Rev. 15:4)
Sound no more laments in Ramah (Jer. 31:15, Matt. 2:18)
Only praises now prepare (Zeph. 3:14-15)
Zion will be Yahweh-Shammah (Ezekiel 48:35)
City named, “The Lord is there” (Ezekiel 48:35, Ezekiel 37:27, Rev. 21:2-3)
The Lord is There