Jeremiah 6:2
1 “Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.
Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.
3 Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:
4 ‘Prepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the daylight is fading; the evening shadows grow long.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.
- KJV
- I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
- 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.
- DARBY
- The comely and delicate one do I cut off, the daughter of Zion.
- BLB
- Though a beautiful and delicate woman, I will destroy the daughter of Zion!
- ÅB
- Den fagre og forkjælede, Sions datter, gjør jeg til intet.
- OTB
- Den vakre og delikate Datter Sion, jeg vil ødelegge.
- B1930
- Den fagre og forkjælede, Sions datter, gjør jeg til intet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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!”
Read in contextIsaiah 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.
Read in contextLamentations 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?
Read in contextIsaiah 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—
Read in contextLamentations 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.
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