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"Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you" (Zech 2:10) The expectation of the Messiah was also announced by the prophets as a cause for great joy and exultation, foretold to the mysterious "daughter of Zion", and the humble Blessed Virgin Mary never once imagined she would be that blessed one. "Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you. Many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that the Lord of Hosts has sent me to you" (Zech 2:10-11). "Shout for joy, daughter of Zion, Israel shout aloud! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem! The Lord has repealed your sentence; he has turned your enemy away. The Lord is king of Israel among you, Israel; you have nothing more to fear. When the day comes, the message for Jerusalem will be: Zion, have no fear, do not let your hand hang limp. The Lord your God is with you, the warrior-savior" (Zeph 3:14-17). Reflections on the conditions of the Messiah's coming divided the Elders of Zion, as evidenced by the Talmud (Sanhedrin Treatise XI). Must Israel be corrupt so that God would send the Messiah as Savior, or should it be holy and immaculate to merit his coming? They are both compatible, because if there was corruption among the people, there was also the Immaculate to attract the Messiah: "You are all beautiful, my love. There is no spot in you" (Song 4:7). "The King will fall in love with your beauty (Ps 45:10-18). "Who is she who looks forth as the morning, beautiful as the moon, clear as the sun, awesome as an army with banners?" (Song 6:10). As in the Book of Wisdom, we can say that she is "a reflection of the eternal light, untarnished mirror of God's active power, and image of his goodness" (Wis 7:26). "She is indeed more splendid than the sun, she outshines all the constellations; compared with light, she takes first place" (Wis 7:29).