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Eye On Zion / ע​י​ן ל​צ​י​ו​ן

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"Zion" is a very interesting word/concept. The first time it's ever mentioned is in Samuel II 5:7 - "And David captured the Fortress of Zion, which is the City of David." From then on it's used as a synonym for Jerusalem, but it later takes on a broader meaning, as a sort of spiritual manifestation of Israel, both the land and the nation, as in "Zion will be redeemed through justice, and those who return to her, through righteousness" (Isaiah 1:27). "Zionism" eventually became the operative word for the yearning for - and then actual fulfillment of - the Jewish nation's return to the Land of Israel.

Even more interestingly, Zion is a woman. Although the word itself has none of the hallmarks of a feminine Hebrew word (and I've never heard of a woman named Zion although there are plenty of men and plenty of 'Ziona's), throughout the Bible it is treated as such, and Zion is very often represented metaphorically as a woman - and God's female partner - as in "For the Lord chose Zion; in her He wished to dwell" (Psalms 132:13). Zion is a woman clad in strength, or, as in Lamentations, an abused wife or daughter: "Zion spread her arms but no one will comfort her; the Lord commanded Jacob's foes to surround her - Jerusalem was as an impure woman among them" (1:17). But this poem of woe also contains a promise: "Your punishment will end, Daughter Zion; He will exile you no longer" (4:22).
Amen!

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Ship comes bearing refugees from war
Clothes all tattered - weary to the core
Too weak to wonder what lies next in store
Eye on Zion lead them safe to shore

Lies a soldier much too young to leave
Stands a mother helpless and bereaved
Stands a father still too stunned to grieve
Eye on Zion help them to believe

Battered people doomed to know no rest
Ten times cursed irrevocably blessed
Trembling heart still beating in its breast
Eye on Zion see them through their quest

Sacred soil fertile and alive
Precious water secret to survive
Butter in the larder honey in the hive
Eye on Zion ever may they thrive

Chosen nation glad to just exist
Day by decade longer grows the list
Those who'd conquer with an angry fist
Eye on Zion see them through the mist

Land of visions miracles and light
Land of deserts beautiful and bright
Comes the darkness shadows mark her plight
Eye on Zion see her through this night

Promised kingdom river to the sea
Holy Temple holiest city
Proud and humble, faithful fair and free
Eye on Zion ever let her be

credits

from EYE ON ZION / ע​י​ן ל​צ​י​ו​ן, released October 25, 2023
Words and Music: Aryeh Naftaly (c) ACUM
Guitar and Vocal: Aryeh Naftaly
Keyboards: Rob Steiner

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