Zion is an ancient city in the Old Testament of the Bible, mentioned by Joshua Graham.
Background[]
Zion is the name of a hill in Jerusalem, the site of a city captured by David, which would later become his kingdom's capital. In the Old Testament, the city of Jerusalem is spoken of as “the daughter of Zion,” always in a context pertained to the destruction or deliverance of Jerusalem. After the city was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BC, the Israelites could not forget Zion, and, in the prophecy after the Babylonian exile of the Jews, Zion is the scene of Yahweh’s messianic salvation. It is to Zion that the exiles will be restored, and there they will find Yahweh.[1]
Appearances[]
Zion is mentioned only in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Honest Hearts.
References[]
- ↑ Joshua Graham: "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem who said, 'Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation. O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed. Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.' Do you know what it means?"
The Courier: "No, and I don't really care."
Joshua Graham: "Living in willful ignorance is an ugly thing, but God often speaks loudest in the wild places of his creation, like Zion. Zion is a place, and a state of being, that has been lost to us several times in the past. Each loss is a new fall of man. And after each fall, we weep in strange new lands and dream of Zion, dream of visiting vengeance upon those who took it from us. But this is the waking world in which we live. There is no need to cry, no need to dream. We can act now and stop the White Legs here."
(Joshua Graham's dialogue)