Jeremiah 6:2

2 I will destroy Daughter Zion, so beautiful and delicate.

Jeremiah 6:2 in Other Translations

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

2 The lovely and delicately bred I will destroy, the daughter of Zion.

2 O Jerusalem, you are my beautiful and delicate daughter— but I will destroy you!

2 I have likened my dear daughter Zion to a lovely meadow.

2 The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.

2 "My people Zion are like lovely pastures.

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

2 I will destroy the city of Zion, even though it is very beautiful.

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 “Flee for safety, people of Benjamin! Flee from Jerusalem! Sound the trumpet in Tekoa! Raise the signal over Beth Hakkerem! For disaster looms out of the north, even terrible destruction.

2 I will destroy Daughter Zion, so beautiful and delicate.

3 Shepherds with their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents around her, each tending his own portion.”

4 “Prepare for battle against her! Arise, let us attack at noon! But, alas, the daylight is fading, and the shadows of evening grow long.

5 So arise, let us attack at night and destroy her fortresses!”

Cross References

• 1. S Psalms 9:14
• 2. Lamentations 4:5