Unless stated otherwise, my source for hymn texts and tunes is The Lutheran Service Book.

Monday, October 14, 2019

Messiah: No. 18 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion

The text is from Zechariah 9:9-10:  "9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!  Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!  Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.  10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall speak peace to the nations; his rule shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth."