Study it in the app“Gaze on Zion, the town of our appointed feasts! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet abode, a tent that will not be moved; its stakes will never be pulled up, and none of its cords will be broken.”
Gaze onחֲזֵהZion,צִיּוֹןthe townקִרְיַתof our appointed feasts!מוֹעֲדֵנוּYour eyesעֵינֶיךָwill seeתִרְאֶינָהJerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִַםa quietשַׁאֲנָןabode,נָוֶהa tentאֹהֶלthat will notבַּלbe moved;יִצְעָןits stakesיְתֵדֹתָיוwill neverבַּל לָנֶצַחbe pulled up,יִסַּעand noneוְכָל בַּלof its cordsחֲבָלָיוwill be broken.יִנָּתֵקוּ
gaze
To fix one's gaze on something or someone, behold it.
Where else “chaze” appearsZion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appearstown, city
Town: a poetic way of saying "city."
Where else “kiryat” appearsfestival
Literally "meeting time": days YHWH set for his people to meet him.
Where else “moade” appearseye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “tirena” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearsat ease
Calm, at peace.
Where else “shaanan” appearsabode
A place to live.
Where else “nave” appearstent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ohel” appearsnot
Not: a negative proper to Hebrew poetry; it denies strongly ("it will not be moved").
Where else “bal” appearsbe moved away
To be moved away, like a tent taken down to be carried elsewhere.
Where else “yitsan” appearspeg
A spike driven in to hold a tent, or a nail in a wall.
Where else “yetedotay” appearsforever
Forever, without end; with not, never again.
Where else “netsach” appearspull up
To pull something out of where it was fixed, like stakes, stones or gates.
Where else “yisa” appearscord
A rope of twisted fibers, for tying, measuring or letting something down.
Where else “chavalay” appearstear off, break
Tear off, break by pulling.
Where else “yinateku” appears1Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
2Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
19The insolent people you will not see, a people of speech too deep to understand, of a stammering tongue without understanding.
20 · This verse (above)
21But there YHWH will be magnificent for us, a place of rivers, of canals broad on every side; no galley with oars will go on it, and no magnificent ship will pass over it.
