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 Likened - rather, 'I lay waste,' х daamaah (H1819)] - literally, "O comely and delicate one, I lay waste the daughter of Zion" - i:e., thee. So Zechariah 3:9, "Behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua" - i:e., before thee (Maurer).