Daughter of zion in the new testament

The "Daughters of Zion" is a term used in the New Testament to refer to the women of Jerusalem who mourned and lamented the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple in 70 AD.

The phrase "Daughters of Zion" is used in Luke 23:28-31, where Jesus is crucified and says to the women:

"Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. For behold, the days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!' Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us,' and to the hills, 'Cover us.' For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?"

In this passage, Jesus is warning the women of the impending destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple, and urging them to mourn not for him, but for themselves and their children, who will suffer as a result of the city's destruction.

The term "Daughters of Zion" is also used in Revelation 14:1-5, where it is written:

"Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: 'Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.' Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel. After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the earth or on the sea or on any tree. Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: 'Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.'"

In this passage, the "Daughters of Zion" are not explicitly mentioned, but the phrase "servants of our God" is used to refer to the 144,000 who are sealed, which is often interpreted as a reference to the Jewish people who will be saved during the end times.

In both passages, the term "Daughters of Zion" is used to refer to the women of Jerusalem, who are seen as a symbol of the city and its people. The phrase is often used to emphasize the connection between the city and its inhabitants, and to highlight the importance of the city's destruction as a symbol of God's judgment.