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Big idea: YAHUAH defends Zion because He dwells there—His presence is the true security.
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Psalm 48:1–3, 8 (NKJV) "Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in His holy mountain. Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. God is in her palaces; He is known as her refuge... As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it forever."
Psalm 125:1–2 (NKJV) "Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people from this time forth and forever."
Psalm 46:4–5 (NKJV) "There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High. God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God shall help her, just at the break of dawn."
Psalm 87:1–3 (NKJV) "His foundation is in the holy mountains. The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God!"
Psalm 132:13–14 (NKJV) "For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place: 'This is My resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.'"
Isaiah 31:4–5 (NKJV) "For thus the LORD has spoken to me: 'As a lion roars, and a young lion over his prey... so the LORD of hosts will come down to fight for Mount Zion and for its hill. Like birds flying about, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem. Defending, He will also deliver it; passing over, He will preserve it.'"
Isaiah 37:35 (NKJV) "'For I will defend this city, to save it for My own sake and for My servant David's sake.'"
Isaiah 4:5–6 (NKJV) "Then the LORD will create above every dwelling place of Mount Zion... a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a covering. And there will be a tabernacle for shade in the daytime from the heat, for a place of refuge, and for a shelter from storm and rain."
Zechariah 2:5 (NKJV) "'For I,' says the LORD, 'will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.'"
Zechariah 9:8 (NKJV) "I will camp around My house because of the army, because of him who passes by and him who returns. No more shall an oppressor pass through them, for now I have seen with My eyes."
Zechariah 12:8 (NKJV) "In that day the LORD will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; the one who is feeble among them in that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, like the Angel of the LORD before them."
2 Kings 19:34 (NKJV) "'For I will defend this city, to save it for My own sake and for My servant David's sake.'"
Joel 3:16–17 (NKJV) "The LORD also will roar from Zion, and utter His voice from Jerusalem; the heavens and earth will shake; but the LORD will be a shelter for His people, and the strength of the children of Israel. So you shall know that I am the LORD your God, dwelling in Zion My holy mountain. Then Jerusalem shall be holy, and no aliens shall ever pass through her again."