JEREMIAH 6:2

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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

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Jeremiah 6:2 Translation & Meaning

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I have likened דָּמִ֖יתִי To compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider likened
the daughter בַּת A daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively) daughter
of Zion צִיּֽוֹן׃ Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem Zion
to a comely הַנָּוָה֙ Suitable, or beautiful comely
and delicate וְהַמְּעֻנָּגָ֔ה To be soft or pliable, i.e., (figuratively) effeminate or luxurious delicate
woman. (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)

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  • 1  O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth-haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.

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

  • 3  The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.

  • 4  Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.




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