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Sion or Zion = "a parched place"
1] the hill on which the higher and more ancient part of Jerusalem was built
2] the most south-western and highest of the hills on which the city was built
3] often used of the entire city of Jerusalem since Jerusalem, because the
temple stood there, was called the dwelling place of God
derivation: of Hebrew origin (06726)
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Greek/grk.cgi?number=4622&ver=kjv
(06726)
Zion = "parched place"
1] another name for Jerusalem especially in the prophetic books
derivation: the same (regularly) as (06725)
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=6726&version=kjv
(06725)
1] signpost, monument, market
derivation: from the same as (06723) in the sense of conspicuousness
[compare (05329)]
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=6725&version=kjv
(06723)
1] dryness, drought, desert
derivation: from an unused root meaning to parch
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=6723&version=kjv
(05329)
1] to excel, be bright, be preeminent, be perpetual, be overseer, be enduring
1.a] (Niphal) enduring (participle) 1.b] (Piel) to act as overseer or superintendent or director
or chief
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=5329&version=kjv
Comment:
Paragraph 030-b mentions "dry places". A "dry place" is
similar to a "parched place". "Zion" (or "Sion") means a "parched place". "Zion"
(or "Sion") was an alternate name for a part, or even all, of Jerusalem.
Jerusalem was therefore a "dry place". A "house" is also a "dry place". The
pre-eminent "house" in Jerusalem-Zion-Sion was the "house of God", that is, the
Temple. The mention of "dry places" was therefore a mention of temples.
When an unclean spirit had been evicted from the house of God (the Temple)
in Jerusalem (Zion-Sion), paragraph 030-b shows that he
walked through other "dry places", that is, though other temples,
seeking rest, and found no rest in those other temples. Paragraph
030-b then proceeds to mention that the unclean spirit then decided
to return to the "house" of God from which he had been evicted. Upon returning,
he found it "swept and garnished".
The word "swept" is in a comparison of similarity with the word "garnished".
Their meanings in this instance must therefore be similar. Their most similar
meanings are "to carry off" and "to carry away", respectively. The comment of
the glossary entry for the word "Ark" shows that
"Nebuchadnezzar carried all the treasures of the house of the LORD ..." The time
at which the unclean spirit returned to the house of God and found that the Ark
of the Covenant (and all of the other treasures) had been carried away, would
therefore have been sometime after "Nebuchadnezzar carried all the treasures of
the house of the LORD ..." Paragraph 030-b then proceeds to mention that the
unclean spirit, upon discovering this situation, went and took seven more
unclean spirits, even more wicked than himself, and they all entered into the
house of God and dwelt there. The unclean spirits were consequently still
dwelling in the house of God, the Temple, when the people of Judah returned to
Jerusalem from their 70 years of captivity in Babylon. Paragraph 030-b proceeds
to mention that their situation was therefore worse because of their encounter
with the unclean spirits dwelling in the Temple, which unclean spirits they
encountered upon their return from their captivity in Babylon. Paragraph
003 provides a clue as to how much worse their situation
was upon their return to Jerusalem after their captivity in Babylon than their
situation had been before their captivity in Babylon. The list of "fathers"
(in paragraph 003) begins with the name of Adam, and continues unbrokenly, from father to son,
until the last name, Zorobabel, who lead their return to Jerusalem from their
captivity in Babylon. That is, Zorobabel (aka Zerubbabel) was the last of the
"fathers". There were no more after him.
A link to each occurrence of this word in the homepage:
1] Sion
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