Jerusalem

May ADONAI bless you from Tziyon! May you see Yerushalayim prosper all the days of your life,

Blessed be ADONAI out of Tziyon, he who dwells in Yerushalayim! Halleluyah!

If I forget you, Yerushalayim, may my right hand wither away!

May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I fail to remember you, if I fail to count Yerushalayim the greatest of all my joys.

Remember, ADONAI, against the people of Edom the day of Yerushalayim's fall, how they cried, "Tear it down! Tear it down! Raze it to the ground!"

ADONAI is rebuilding Yerushalayim, gathering the dispersed of Isra'el.

Glorify ADONAI, Yerushalayim! Praise your God, Tziyon!

The words of Kohelet the son of David, king in Yerushalayim:

I, Kohelet, have been king over Isra'el in Yerushalayim.

I said to myself, "Look, I have acquired much wisdom, more than anyone ruling Yerushalayim before me."Yes, I experienced a great deal of wisdom and knowledge;

I bought male and female slaves, and I had my home-born slaves as well. I also had growing herds of cattle and flocks of sheep, more than anyone before me in Yerushalayim.

So I grew great, surpassing all who preceded me in Yerushalayim; my wisdom, too, stayed with me.

[She] I am dark tan but beautiful, you daughters of Yerushalayim, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Shlomo.

I warn you, daughters of Yerushalayim, by the gazelles and deer in the wilds, not to awaken or stir up love until it wants to arise!

I warn you, daughters of Yerushalayim, by the gazelles and deer in the wilds, not to awaken or stir up love until it wants to arise!

He made its columns of silver, its roof of gold, its seat of purple cloth; its inside was lovingly inlaid by the daughters of Yerushalayim.

I charge you, daughters of Yerushalayim, that if you find the man I love, what are you to tell him? That I am sick with love.

His words are sweetness itself; he is altogether desirable. This is my darling, and this is my friend, daughters of Yerushalayim.

[He] You are as beautiful as Tirtzah, my love, as lovely as Yerushalayim, but formidable as an army marching under banners.

I warn you, daughters of Yerushalayim, not to awaken or stir up love until it wants to arise!

This is the vision of Yesha'yahu the son of Amotz, which he saw concerning Y'hudah and Yerushalayim during the days of 'Uziyahu, Yotam, Achaz and Y'chizkiyahu, kings of Y'hudah:

This is the word that Yesha'yahu the son of Amotz saw concerning Y'hudah and Yerushalayim:

Many peoples will go and say, "Come, let's go up to the mountain of ADONAI, to the house of the God of Ya'akov! He will teach us about his ways, and we will walk in his paths." For out of Tziyon will go forth Torah, the word of ADONAI from Yerushalayim.

For see! The Lord, ADONAI-Tzva'ot, will remove from Yerushalayim and Y'hudah every kind of support all reserves of food and water;

For Yerushalayim is ruined, and Y'hudah has fallen; because their words and deeds defy ADONAI, in open provocation of his glory.