Sawyer, Angela Sue2023-05-232023-05-232020https://www.jrfm.eu/index.php/ojs_jrfm/article/view/219https://mediarep.org/handle/doc/20717This paper compares the personification of Zion in Isaiah 51:1–52:6 as a mother and daughter with Tracy Chapman's 1995 song "The rape of the world" where the earth is portrayed as mother. I will explore the use of rape imagery and how both pieces portray the negative effects of human activity on the earth, whether by commercial activity or war. The environmental impact of the desolation of the earth during the Babylonian exile depicted in Isaiah and its portrayal via gendered images is viewed through the lens of ecofeminist criticism. The earth itself has a voice in both Chapman’s and Isaiah’s words.engCreative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 GenericComfortWaste PlacesViolated EarthEcofeministIsaiah 51:1–52:6Song780Tracy Chapman10.25364/05.6:2020.2.210.25969/mediarep/19523THE RAPE OF THE WORLD2617-3697