Verse 1
A voice of shrieking fear
Doth from the city sound,
A voice ye from the temple hear
While tumbling to the ground!
A voice from heaven proclaims
The vengeful wrath of God!
The bloody city sinks in flames,
The temple is destroy’d!

Verse 2
Yet Sion stands secure,
And ever shall abide,
She must from age to age endure
By Jesus multiplied:
Out of Jerusalem
The Lord a church shall raise,
To magnify the Christian name
And spread the founder’s praise.

Verse 3
Let all mankind adore
The miracle unknown:
Sion brought forth her child, before
Her bearing throws [throes] begun:
Who can the birth explain?
The birth to God she ow’d,
Without a sharp or ling’ring pain
Deliver’d of her load:

Verse 4
Shall teeming earth at once
Autumnal fruits display,
The church produce her countless sons,
A nation in a day?
Yes, when the word applied
Begat the faithful race,
Nations at once were justified
By instantaneous grace.