Monday's Meditation: For Zion's Sake I Will Not Rest

 

"And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house
shall be established in the top of the mountains and shall be exalted above the hills;
and all nations shall flow unto it.  And many people shall go and say, "Come ye,
and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob;
and He will teach us His ways, and we will walk in His paths; for out of Zion
shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem."
(Isaiah 2:2-3)

"Let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob."

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For Zion's sake I will not rest

I will not hold my peace

Until Jerusalem be blest

And Judah dwell at ease;

Until her righteousness return

As daybreak after night-

The lamp of her salvation burn

With everlasting light.

The Gentiles shall her glory see,

And kings declare her fame;

Appointed unto her shall be

A new and holy name.

The watchmen on her walls appear,

And day and night proclaim,

"Zion's deliverer is near;

Make mention of His name".

The Lord upholds her with His hand,

And claims her for His own-

The diadem of Judah's land

The glory of His crown.

Go through, go through, prepare the way,

The gates wide open fling;

With loudest voice let heralds say,

"Behold thy coming King!"

"For Zion's Sake I Will Not Rest"
John Quarles
(1624-1665)
English poet

Music arranged by
Ralph Vaughn Williams
(1872-1958)
One of the best known English composers
of the 20th century.