“For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.”
The assertion that darkness covers the earth but YHWH rises upon Zion and glory appears over her establishes Zion as exception to global darkness, illuminated uniquely by divine presence. The stark contrast—darkness everywhere except Zion's light—positions the restored Zion as eschatological beacon. The nations' journey to Zion's light and monarchs to her brightness anticipates the pilgrimage-of-nations theme. This verse establishes Zion's restoration not as local prosperity but cosmic-eschatological transformation: the restored community becomes center of global reorientation toward YHWH.
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