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Jeremiah 6:2

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

KJV

Speciosæ et delicatæ assimilavi filiam Sion.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀφαιρεθήσεται τὸ ὕψος σου, θυγάτηρ Σειών.

LXX

The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.

ASV

הַ/נָּוָה֙ וְ/הַ/מְּעֻנָּגָ֔ה דָּמִ֖יתִי בַּת צִיּֽוֹן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
דָמִ֖יתִי
dmyty
verb · 15×
הִתְעַנֵּ֖ג
ht'ng
verb · 10×
נָאוָ֥ה
n'vh
adjective · 10×
צִיּ֔וֹן
tsyvn
proper_noun · 147×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 5:6 — But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
  • Isa 1:8 — And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
  • Jer 4:31 — For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, s