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“Take cover, people of Benjamin! Run away from Jerusalem! Blow the ram’s horn in Tekoa. Raise the flag over Beth Hakkerem, because disaster and widespread destruction are coming from the north. “My people Zion are like lovely pastures. 3With their flocks, shepherds will come to them, pitch their tents all around them, and each of them will tend his own flock. 4⌞The shepherds say,⌟ ‘Prepare yourselves for war against Zion. Let’s attack at noon! How horrible it will be for us. The day is passing, and the shadows of evening are growing longer.

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 woman in labor. I hear the woman cry with anguish as she gives birth to her first child. My people Zion are gasping for breath. They are stretching out their hands, saying, “How horrible it is for us! We’re defenseless in the presence of murderers!”
• Isaiah 1:8My people Zion are left like a hut in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city under attack.”
• Isaiah 3:16The Lord adds, “The women of Zion are arrogant. They walk with their noses in the air, making seductive glances, taking short little steps, jingling the ankle bracelets on their feet.”
• Lamentations 2:1“Look how the Lord has covered the people of Zion with the cloud of his anger! He has thrown down Israel’s beauty from heaven to earth. He didn’t ⌞even⌟ remember his footstool on 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