“The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.”
The coming of the sons of those who oppressed Zion to bow down and calling Zion the City of YHWH represents final humiliation of oppressors and recognition of Zion's divine election. The complete reversal—oppressors' children becoming suppliants—indicates that justice includes humiliation of the wicked. The new name, "City of the Holy One of Israel," establishes Zion's restored identity: the city is YHWH's possession and dwelling-place. This verse's reversal-theology provides psychological and spiritual vindication: the community's suffering is redeemed through visible exaltation and the oppressors' submission.
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