Bible Strands
Jeremiah 6:2
Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker is God addressing the people of Judah and Jerusalem through the prophet Jeremiah. This declaration is issued during a warning of imminent northern invasion and surrounding military encirclement.
The words — The Hebrew terms נָוָה (na.Vah) and מְעֻנָּגָה (me.'u.na.Gah) literally translate to "the beautiful one" and "the dainty one." The supplied gloss for דָּמִיתִי (da.Mi.ti) reads "I resemble," though the BSB rendering "I will destroy" reflects the verse's declared action.
The thread — The personification "Daughter of Zion" appears in Jeremiah 4:31 and Isaiah 1:8, 3:16 to denote the city's collective identity and moral posture.
Why it lands — The text states that the city's former beauty and refinement will not prevent its coming destruction. It requires the reader to acknowledge that cultural or aesthetic distinction offers no protection against the stated judgment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 4:31 For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!”
- Isaiah 1:8 And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.
- Isaiah 3:16 The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—
- Lamentations 2:1 How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with the cloud of His anger! He has cast the glory of Israel from heaven to earth. He has abandoned His footstool in the day of His anger.
- Lamentations 2:13 What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?