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“Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.”
— Proverbs 31:29
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“And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;”
— Ecclesiastes 12:4
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“I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.”
— Song of Solomon 1:5
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“As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.”
— Song of Solomon 2:2
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“I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.”
— Song of Solomon 2:7
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“I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.”
— Song of Solomon 3:5
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“He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.”
— Song of Solomon 3:10
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“Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.”
— Song of Solomon 3:11
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“I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.”
— Song of Solomon 5:8
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“His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.”
— Song of Solomon 5:16
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“My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.”
— Song of Solomon 6:9
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“How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.”
— Song of Solomon 7:1
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“I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.”
— Song of Solomon 8:4
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“And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.”
— Isaiah 1:8
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“Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:”
— Isaiah 3:16
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“Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their secret parts.”
— Isaiah 3:17
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“When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.”
— Isaiah 4:4
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“Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.”
— Isaiah 10:30
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“But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.”
— Isaiah 13:21
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“Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.”
— Isaiah 16:1
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“For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.”
— Isaiah 16:2
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“Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.”
— Isaiah 22:4
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“Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.”
— Isaiah 23:10
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“And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.”
— Isaiah 23:12
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“Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.”
— Isaiah 32:9
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“And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.”
— Isaiah 34:13
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“This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.”
— Isaiah 37:22
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“I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;”
— Isaiah 43:6
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“The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.”
— Isaiah 43:20
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“Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.”
— Isaiah 47:1
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“Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.”
— Isaiah 47:5
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“Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.”
— Isaiah 49:22
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“Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.”
— Isaiah 52:2
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“Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.”
— Isaiah 56:5
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“Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.”
— Isaiah 60:4
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“Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.”
— Isaiah 62:11
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“For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.”
— Jeremiah 3:24
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“At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,”
— Jeremiah 4:11
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“For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.”
— Jeremiah 4:31
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“And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.”
— Jeremiah 5:17
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“I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.”
— Jeremiah 6:2
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“They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.”
— Jeremiah 6:23
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“O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.”
— Jeremiah 6:26
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“And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.”
— Jeremiah 7:31
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“For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.”
— Jeremiah 8:11
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“Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the Lord in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?”
— Jeremiah 8:19
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“For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.”
— Jeremiah 8:21
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“Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?”
— Jeremiah 8:22
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“Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!”
— Jeremiah 9:1
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“Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?”
— Jeremiah 9:7