Jeremiah 6:2

Translations

Modern

Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.

Traditional

I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.

Literal

Though a beautiful and delicate woman, I will destroy the daughter of Zion!

Latin

Speciosæ et delicatæ assimilavi filiam Sion.

Original

Hebrew

English

Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.

Notes

Jeremiah 6:2–5

Jeremiah described the commanding officers of the invading army as shepherds leading their soldiers to camp around the city. The initial plan was to strike the city walls at noon, when the attackers could see their work. However, the people in the city were so weakened that a night attack was just as effective (see 2 Kings 25:1–4).

Jeremiah 6:1–9

The invasion from the north, likely by the Babylonians in 605 BC, was approaching the kingdom of Judah. As the Lord's messenger, Jeremiah had the duty to warn the people so they could find shelter.

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 4:31
For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!”
Isaiah 1:8
And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.
Lamentations 2:13
What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?
Lamentations 2:1
How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with the cloud of His anger! He has cast the glory of Israel from heaven to earth. He has abandoned His footstool in the day of His anger.
Isaiah 3:16–17
The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—

Places

Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Daughter of Zion Jeremiah (Person)

Topics

Woman: (Delicate) of Backsliding Israel Women of Backsliding

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