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”f134; in which sense the…”

“likened--rather, "I lay waste." Literally, "O comely and delicate one, I lay waste the daughter of Zion," that is, "thee." So Zac 3:9, "before Joshua," that is, "before thee" [MAURER].”

“The whole verse is difficult, but should probably be translated; “to a pasturage, yea a luxuriant pasturage, have I likened (or, have reduced to silence, i. e., destroyed) the daughter of Zion.” return to 'Top of Page'”

“6:2-5 Jeremiah portrayed the commanding officers of the invading army as shepherds who led their flocks of soldiers to camp around the city. The initial plan was to strike the city walls at noon, when the attackers could see their work. But the people in the city were so weakened that the attack at night was just as effective (see 2 Kgs 25:1-4).”

“daughter: Jer 4:31; Isa 1:8, Isa 3:16, Isa 3:17; Lam 2:1, Lam 2:13 comely and delicate woman: or, a woman dwelling at home Jeremiah 6:3”