Study it in the app“Call out again, saying, Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: My cities will again overflow with good, and YHWH will again comfort Zion, and will again choose Jerusalem.’””
Call outקְרָאagain,עוֹדsaying,לֵאמֹרThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot:צְבָאוֹתMy citiesעָרַיwill againעוֹדoverflowתְּפוּצֶינָהwith good,מִטּוֹבand YHWHוְ יְהוָהwill againעוֹדcomfortנִחַםZion,צִיּוֹןand will againוּ עוֹדchooseבָחַרJerusalem.’”בִּירוּשָׁלִָם
proclaim
To announce aloud.
Where else “kera” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsTsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ara” appearsoverflow
To pour out with force, like water that cannot be held back.
Where else “tefutsena” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appearscomfort
To ease someone in his pain with words and company.
Where else “nicham” appearsZion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appearselect
God picks out his people, a place or a king.
Where else “vachar” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” 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).
16Therefore, thus says YHWH: I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy; my house will be built in it, declares YHWH Tsevaot, and the line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.
17 · This verse (above)
18And I lifted up my eyes and saw, and look, four horns.
