Jeremiah 6:2
I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
Jeremiah 6:2 in other translations
| BSB | Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion. |
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| WEB | I will cut off the beautiful and delicate one, the daughter of Zion. |
| ASV | The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off. |
| YLT | The comely and the delicate one I have cut off, The daughter of Zion. |
| DARBY | The comely and delicate one do I cut off, the daughter of Zion. |
| BBE | The fair and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will be cut off by my hand. |
| Webster | I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman. |
What does Jeremiah 6:2 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 6:1-8
The invasion of Judea. (Jr 6:1-8) The justice of God's proceedings. (Jr 6:9-17) All methods used to amend them had been without success. (Jr 6:18-30) Verses 1-8 Whatever methods are used, it is vain to contend with God's judgments. The more we indulge in the pleasures of this life, the more we unfit ourselves for the troubles of this life. The Chaldean army shall break in upon the land of Judah, and in a little time…
Jeremiah 6:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 6:2
- Jeremiah 4:31
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
- Isaiah 1:8
And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
- Lamentations 2:13
What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
- Isaiah 3:16-17
Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their secret parts.
- Lamentations 2:1
How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
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Context
- Jeremiah 6:1
O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth–haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
- Jeremiah 6:2
I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
- Jeremiah 6:3
The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.
Jeremiah 6:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | A mujer hermosa y delicada comparé á la hija de Sión. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | La belle et la délicate, la fille de Sion, je la détruis. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die Schöne und die Verzärtelte, die Tochter Zion, vertilge ich. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Speciosæ et delicatæ assimilavi filiam Sion. |