Jeremiah 6:2

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
likened	דָּמָה dâmâh	H1820	to be dumb or silent
daughter	בַּת bat-	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · noun, common feminine singular construct
Zion	צִיּֽוֹן tzi.Yon	H6726	Tsijon (as a permanent capital) · proper noun, a place name
comely	נָוֶה nâveh	H5116	(adjectively) at home
delicate	וְהַמְּעֻנָּגָ֔ה ve.ha.me.'u.na.Gah	H6026	to be soft or pliable · conjunction + definite article + verb, pual passive participle, feminine singular absolute

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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…
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.
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…
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…
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 m…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 6:1-8

Here is I. Judgment threatened against Judah and Jerusalem. The city and the country were at this time secure and under no apprehension of danger; they saw no cloud gathering, but every thing looked safe and serene: but the prophet tells them that they shall shortly be invaded by a foreign power, an army shall be brought against them from the north, which shall lay all waste, and shall cause not only a general consternation, but a general desolation. It is here foretold, 1. That the alarm of this should be loud and terrible. This is represented, Jer 6:1. The children of Benjamin, in which tribe part of Jerusalem lay, are here called to shift for their own safety in the country; for the city…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 6:2

likened--rather, "I lay waste." Literally, "O comely and delicate one, I lay waste the daughter of Zion," that is, "thee." So Zac 3:9, "before Joshua," that is, "before thee" [MAURER].

John Gill on Jeremiah 6:2

I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman. That dwells at home and lives in pleasure, and deliciously, in great peace and quietness, in entire ease and security, in no fear of enemies, or apprehension of danger; and so it describes the secure state of the Jews. Kimchi and Ben Melech supply the word "woman" as we do; but others supply "land" or "pasture"; and think that the Jewish nation is compared to pleasant and delightful lands and pastures, which are inviting to shepherds to come and pitch their tents about them; as follows. The words are by some rendered, "O beautiful and delicate one, I have cut off, or destroyed the daughter of Zion" (o); in which sense the wo…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 6:2-3

Jeremiah 6:2-3 2. I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman 2. Quietae (alii vertunt, speciosam; sed alter sensus melius quadrat, quietae igitur) et delicatae similem feci filiam Sion. 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. 3. Super eam venient pastores et greges eorum, figent adversus eam tabernecula sua in circuitu; pascent vir ad manum suam (hoc est, quisque ad locum suum). As the place, where the Prophet was born, was pastoral, he retained many expressions derived from his education; for God did not divest his servants of every natural endowment whe…

The Church Fathers

(Verse 2, 3.) I have likened the daughter of Zion to a beautiful and delicate woman. And the shepherds and their flocks shall come to her. They have pitched their tents around her and each one shall feed those under his hand. Prepare for battle against her. Arise and let us go up at noon. The beauty of Jerusalem is described, which is the same as Zion, indicating that the whole city and the citadel of the city are one and the same. For Zion means a watchtower and it is compared to a beautiful woman; just as lovers come to her, so the shepherds are said to come to her. And in Hebrew, a word that is written with four letters, Resh, Ayin, Yod, Mem, if read as Reim (), it means lovers, if read as Roim (), it means shepherds, so that either, according to a metaphor, lovers of a beautiful woman, or, according to the overthrow of a city, shepherds may be understood: some of whom hasten to defile a prostitute, others to besiege and overthrow a city. Among these shepherds and their flocks, let us discern the princes and the armies of the Chaldeans. But they shall pitch their tents during the siege of the city all around: and each one shall feed those who are under his hand, that is, his troops and numbers. The leaders, or shepherds, shall say to their flocks: Sanctify war upon Jerusalem: for the Lord has command. Rise up, and let us go up to the south: not by night and ambush; but let us fight in full light: for no one can resist us.
— Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah

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Dictionary and topics

Woman · Illustrative: (Delicate,) of backsliding Israel — Illustrative: (Delicate,) of backsliding Israel

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 6:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 6:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 6:2

John Gill on Jeremiah 6:2

John Calvin on Jeremiah 6:2-3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 6:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 6:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 6:2

John Gill on Jeremiah 6:2

John Calvin on Jeremiah 6:2-3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 6:1-8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 6:2-5

Rashi on Jeremiah 6:2