Beautiful for elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
With. Hebrew, "the beautiful situation, the joy of the whole earth, (Menochius) Sion, sides of "Chaldean, "Sion, thou art beautiful as a bride. "Christ's Church is thus described, Apocalypse xxi. 2. (Calmet)
Its figure, (Haydock) the temple, was the glory of the whole country, Psalm xxv. 8., and Lamentations ii. 15. (Calmet)
But the Church alone extends to the sides of the north, or over the world. (Worthington)
