Zion — A Codename for Persons Who Repent

Several depictions of Zion exist in the scriptures. Zion is the “citadel” David captures from the Jebusites that becomes the “City of David” (1 Chronicles 11:4–7). The “holy hill of Zion” is the place where Jehovah dwells (Psalms 2:6; 9:11). Isaiah’s definition of Zion appears from several literary devices. Forty instances of the name Zion in the Book of Isaiah, for example, reveal a literary pattern associated with the name Zion consisting of (1) God’s destruction of the wicked from the earth; (2) his deliverance of a righteous remnant of his people; and (3) the presence of a Davidic king whom Isaiah identifies either directly or indirectly under one of several aliases.

By definition, Zion are those of God’s people Jacob or Israel who “repent” (Hebrew swb) of transgression (Isaiah 1:27; 59:20). Zion is also the place to which they “return” (swb) from among the nations in an end-time exodus when the wicked perish (Isaiah 35:10; 52:11). In the Book of Isaiah, Zion, together with Jerusalem, is one of seven spiritual levels or categories of people. They consist of persons who ascend from a Jacob/Israel category to the Zion/Jerusalem category. They receive a remission of their sins when they renew their covenantal allegiance to God. In the end, the whole world divides into categories affiliated with either Zion or Babylon.

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