Israel Mbonyi - Yeriko Lyrics

“Yeriko” by Israel Mbonyi is a worship song that retells the fall of Jericho as a picture of answered prayer. It begins with thanks in Swahili: the singer says they had prayed for a long time, thanks God for removing what weighed them down, and says all the doors are now open. The same call is then sung in Kinyarwanda, so the message reaches a wider congregation.

The main verse invites everyone to “Njooni mtazame Yeriko, kuta zinaanguka,” which means “Come and look at Jericho, the walls are falling.” It tells the listeners to shout and sing with joy, and speaks of entering by praise “ndani ya agano,” within the covenant. This follows Joshua 6:20, where the walls fell after the people shouted, and Hebrews 11:30, which says the walls fell by faith.

The line about entering by praise is also close to Psalm 100:4. The song is celebratory and communal, treating every obstacle as a wall that praise and faith can bring down.