King James Version
What Does Jeremiah 6:2 Mean?
“I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman. comely: or, dwelling at home”
Context
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 Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
2
I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman. comely: or, dwelling at home
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.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(2) **To a comely and delicate woman.**—“Woman” is not in the Hebrew, and the word translated “comely” is elsewhere (Isaiah 65:10; Jeremiah 23:3; Exodus 15:13) rendered “fold” or “habitation;” and the passage should probably stand thus, *I have likened the daughter of Zion to a fair pasturage, *thus suggesting the imagery which is developed in the next verse. The clause is, however, rendered by some scholars as *the fair and delicate one *(or, *the fair pasturage*)*, the daughter of Zion, I have destroyed.*
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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