Episode 28 - The Daughter of Zion, pt 3

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This is now the third and final part of our study of the Daughter of Zion. In part one we saw the Daughter of Zion’s birth through the prophetic words of the prophet Isaiah. Although her past actions were sinful and full of idolatry, she comes to God in repentance and because of that God accepts her and sees her as His precious, pure daughter and he calls her Virgin Daughter Zion.

In part two of our study we read about the betrothal of Daughter Zion. The Daughter of Zion has come of age. She is betrothed to a ‘Lord who will take delight in her’. A prophetic word about the coming Messiah, Jesus. But then, almost just as soon as the engagement has been proclaimed, Israel, Daughter Zion once again rebels and sins greatly against God. The bride has ignored her commitment to her future husband and has instead committed adultery repeatedly. Although He is willing to reconcile, the Daughter of Zion is not. She has rejected her husband-to-be. And so God issues her a certificate of divorce, and hands Daughter Zion over for just judgment. Israel is exiled and Jerusalem is destroyed. Zion, the heartbeat of Israel, is lost. The Daughter of Zion is no more.

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Alrighty, let’s get into the conclusion of our study of the Daughter of Zion.

The heartbeat of Israel is still. There’s no blip on the monitor. When we left our study last week we were in the book of Jeremiah. The book immediately following Jeremiah is the book of Lamentations. A book of lament. And it’s pretty much all about the Daughter of Zion. A lament is a passionate expression of sorrow or grief. The anonymous writer is lamenting, mourning over the fall of Jerusalem, the Daughter of Zion. Listen to this:

Lamentations 1:4-6

The roads to Zion mourn,

for no one comes to her appointed festivals.

All her gateways are desolate,

her priests groan,

her young women grieve,

and she is in bitter anguish.

5 Her foes have become her masters;

her enemies are at ease.

The Lord has brought her grief

because of her many sins.

Her children have gone into exile,

captive before the foe.

6 All the splendor has departed

from Daughter Zion.

Her princes are like deer

that find no pasture;

in weakness they have fled

before

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