Jeremiah 6:2

daughter. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for the helpless inhabitants.

woman. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:56). App-92.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The whole verse is difficult, but should probably be translated; “to a pasturage, yea a luxuriant pasturage, have I likened (or, have reduced to si...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

As the place, where the Prophet was born, was pastoral, he retained many expressions derived from his education; for God did not divest his ser...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman .
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman. Likened - rather, 'I lay waste,' х daamaah ( H1819 )] - literally, "O...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-8. The hostile army approaches.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

RV 'The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion will I cut off,' a tenderly worded lament over the ill-fated city. Daughter ] is used for the...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 ; Ex...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 wh...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This judgment the prophet now described. A fierce and relentless foe, acting under the word of Jehovah, is described as coming up against Jerusalem....
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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, th...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I have likened , &c. There being nothing for woman in the Hebrew text, and the word נוה, here rendered comely , frequently signifying a past...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgments Threatened against Israel; The Doom of Israel. B. C. 608....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 Ben...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

In View Of Judah's Failure To Respond To His Warnings YHWH Stresses That The Invasion Is Now Imminent ( Jeremiah 6:1-30 ). Chapter 4 had predicted...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES . —1. Chronological and Historical position of this chapter the same . (Comp. notes on 3, 4, 5.) 2. Geographical Ref...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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]...
The Biblical Illustrator

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 t...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION A prophecy, in five stanzas or strophes, vividly describing the judgment and its causes, and enforcing the necessity of repentance....
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Advice to Flee from Jerusalem
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman, literally, "The comely and delicate one! I destroy the daughter of Zion," laying...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 1:8 ; Isaiah 3:16 ; Isaiah 3:17 ; Jeremiah 4:31 ; Lamentations 2:1 ; Lamentations 2:13

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

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 6:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 6:2