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Jeremias 6:2

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Jeremias 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 ) .
FOOTNOTES:

F15 So Jarchi and Joseph Kimchi. Vid. Gataker in loc.
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Jeremias 6:2 In-Context

1 “Fuja para um lugar seguro, povo de Benjamim!Fuja de Jerusalém!Toquem a trombeta em Tecoa!Ponham sinal em Bete-Haquerém!Porque já se vê a desgraça que vem do norte,uma terrível destruição!
2 Destruirei a cidade de Sião;você é como uma bela pastagem,
3 para onde os pastores vêm com os seus rebanhos;armam as suas tendas ao redor delae apascentam, cada um no seu lugar.
4 “Preparem-se para enfrentá-la na batalha!Vamos, ataquemos ao meio-dia!Ai de nós! O dia declinae as sombras da tarde já se estendem.
5 Vamos, ataquemos de noite!Destruamos as suas fortalezas!”

Footnotes 2

  • [a] Hebraico: "filha; " também no versículo 23.
  • [b] Ou "Sião, tão bela e formosa,"
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