“ I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comelya and delicate woman. ”
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.”
I have likened the daughter of Zion to (d) a comely and delicate [woman]. (d) I have intreated her gently, and given her abundance of all things.
The Siege of the Sinful City. The prophet bids his kinsfolk (Anathoth, his birthplace, being in Benjamin) to abandon the capital, and to gather in the southern mountains; the northern peril is now...
daughter. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for the helpless inhabitants. woman. Reference to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 28:56 ). App-92.
As the place, where the Prophet was born, was pastoral, he retained many expressions derived from his education; for God did not divest his servants of every natural endowment when he appointed...
I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman .
I have likened the daughter of Zion— There seems to be nothing in the simile in this verse, that can at all suit with the continuation of it in the third; and therefore I cannot but approve the int...
I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman. Likened - rather, 'I lay waste,' х daamaah ( H1819 )] - literally, "O comely and delicate one, I lay waste the Likene...
1-8. The hostile army approaches.
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...
Jeremiah 5:1-31 ; Jeremiah 6:1-30 CHAPTER IV THE SCYTHIANS AS THE SCOURGE OF GOD Jeremiah 4:3 - Jeremiah 6:30 IF we would understand what is written here and elsewhere in the pages of p...
This judgment the prophet now described. A fierce and relentless foe, acting under the word of Jehovah, is described as coming up against Jerusalem. The prophet declared that the city would be taken,...
I venture to think, that if we read these verses with an eye to the Church in Jesus, they will be found very interesting. Who is the speaker here, that likens Zion to a comely and delicate woman? May...
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...
I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate [woman]. Ver. 2. I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman. ] Certatim amatae bucolicae puellae; some fair...
I have likened , &c. There being nothing for woman in the Hebrew text, and the word נוה, here rendered comely , frequently signifying a pasture , a sheep-fold , and a habitation , the vers...
Judgments Threatened against Israel; The Doom of Israel. B. C. 608. 1 O ye children of B...
Woman: this supplement is not in the text; they that approve it render the epithet comely variously, for one dwelling at home, as the Hebrew nays doth also signify, Habakkuk 2:5 ; and so the w...
His People Are To Prepare For Action Because The Invasion Is Upon Them ( Jeremiah 6:1-8 ). As the enemy approached from the north the tribe of Benjamin (his own tribe), who were to the north of Je...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES . —1. Chronological and Historical position of this chapter the same . (Comp. notes on 3, 4, 5.) 2. Geographical References. — Jeremiah 6:1 . “ Tekoa: ” a small town...
Jeremiah 6:1 . Oh ye children of Benjamin flee out of the midst of Jerusalem. Many of this tribe lived in the city. Blow the trumpet [of alarm] in Tekoa, a village twelve miles from Jerusalem,...
Arise, and let us go up at noon. Christian effort That spirit-stirring call of the text, so needful to arouse the Chaldeans on their march to the ancient, is as needful for us on our pilgrimage...
EXPOSITION A prophecy, in five stanzas or strophes, vividly describing the judgment and its causes, and enforcing the necessity of repentance. Jeremiah 6:1-24 Arrival of a hostile army fro...
The Advice to Flee from Jerusalem
Isaiah 1:8 ; Isaiah 3:16 ; Isaiah 3:17 ; Jeremiah 4:31 ; Lamentations 2:1 ; Lamentations 2:13