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Jeremiah 6:2

Zion
Judgment

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.

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

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.

4 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

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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)

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Cross references

  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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?

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  • 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:

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  • 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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