Jeremiah 6:2

2 [Though she is] beautiful and delicate, I will destroy^[a] Daughter Zion.

Jeremiah 6:2 Meaning and Commentary

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" ^F15; in which sense the word is used in ( Isaiah 6:5 ) ( Hosea 4:5 ) and to this purpose is the Targum,

``O beautiful and delicate one, how hast thou corrupted thy ways? therefore the congregation of Zion is confounded;''

but the former senses seem to be best; in which the word used is understood as having the signification of likening or comparing; for which see ( Song of Solomon 1:9 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 So Jarchi and Joseph Kimchi. Vid. Gataker in loc.

Jeremiah 6:2 In-Context

1 Run for cover, Benjaminites, out of Jerusalem! Sound the ram's horn in Tekoa; raise a smoke signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster threatens from the north, even great destruction.

2 [Though she is] beautiful and delicate, I will destroy Daughter Zion.

3 Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch [their] tents all around her. Each will pasture his own portion.

4 Set [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.

5 Rise up, let's attack by night. Let us destroy her fortresses."

Footnotes

• [a]. Or silence