Jeremiah 6:2

Jeremiah 6:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
• New International Version (NIV)I will destroy Daughter Zion, so beautiful and delicate.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The lovely and delicately bred I will destroy, the daughter of Zion.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I have likened the daughter of Zion To a lovely and delicate woman.

Context of Jeremiah 6:2

1“Run for cover out of Jerusalem, Benjaminites. Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; raise a smoke signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster threatens from the north, even a crushing blow. Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy Daughter Zion. 3Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her. Each will pasture his own portion. 4Set them apart for war against her; rise up, let’s attack at noon. Woe to us, for the day is passing; the evening shadows grow long.

Jeremiah 6:2 word by word

הַנָּוָה֙ וְהַמְּעֻנָּגָ֔ה דָּמִ֖יתִי בַּת־צִיּֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I have likenedדָּמָהdâmâh · to ceaseH1820
• the daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of Zionצִיּוֹןtsîyôn · ZionH6726
• to a comelyנָוֶהnâveh nâvâh · pastureH5116
• and delicateעָנֹג‛ânag · to delightH6026

Cross-references for Jeremiah 6:2

• Jeremiah 4:31I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child. The cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands: “Woe is me, for my life is weary because of the murderers!”
• Isaiah 1:8Daughter Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.
• Isaiah 3:16The Lord also says: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, walking with heads held high and seductive eyes, prancing along, jingling their ankle bracelets,
• Lamentations 2:1How the Lord has overshadowed Daughter Zion with his anger! He has thrown down Israel’s glory from heaven to earth. He did not acknowledge his footstool in the day of his anger.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 6:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2The whole verse is difficult, but should probably be translated; “to a pasturage, yea a luxuriant pasturage, have I likened (or, have reduced to silence, i. e., destroyed) the daughter of Zion.”Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-5Jeremiah 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).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. likened--rather, "I lay waste." Literally, "O comely and delicate one, I lay waste the daughter of Zion," that is, "thee." So Zec 3:9, "before Joshua," that is, "before thee" [Maurer].Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 6:2

• Women

In the dictionaries

• Cruel
• Mount
• Reprobate
• Wallow
• Delicate; Delicately
• Jeremiah (2)
• Sheshach

Commentaries on Jeremiah 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings