Jeremiah 6:2

Good News Translation

The city of Zion is beautiful, but it will be destroyed;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Though she is beautiful and delicate,I will destroy Daughter Zion.

Hebrew Names Version
The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Tziyon, will I cut off.

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

English Standard Version
The lovely and delicately bred I will destroy, the daughter of Zion.

New American Standard Bible
"The beautiful and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, I will destroy.

New Century Version
Jerusalem, I will destroy you, you who are fragile and gentle.

Amplified Bible
"I will destroy the Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem), the lovely and delicate one [so like a luxurious pasture].

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

Geneva Bible (1587)
I haue compared the daughter of Zion to a beautifull and daintie woman.

Legacy Standard Bible
The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, I will ruin.

Berean Standard Bible
Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.

Contemporary English Version
Jerusalem is a lovely pasture, but shepherds will surround it and divide it up,

Complete Jewish Bible
Although she is beautiful and delicate, I am cutting off the daughter of Tziyon."

Darby Translation
The comely and delicate one do I cut off, the daughter of Zion.

Easy-to-Read Version
Jerusalem, you are like a beautiful meadow. But I will destroy you!

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

Lexham English Bible
The lovely and the delicate, the daughter of Jerusalem, I will destroy.

Literal Translation
I will destroy the daughter of Zion, the beautiful and tender one.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I will licken the doughter Sion to a fayre and tendre woman, and to her shall come the shepherdes with their flockes.

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

Bible in Basic English
The fair and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will be cut off by my hand.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.

King James Version (1611)
I haue likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I wyll liken the daughter Sion to a faire and tender woman, and to her shall come the shepheardes with their flockes.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thy pride, O daughter of Sion, shall be taken away.

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y haue licned the douytir of Sion to a fair womman and delicat.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate [woman].

New English Translation
I will destroy Daughter Zion, who is as delicate and defenseless as a young maiden.

New King James Version
I have likened the daughter of Zion To a lovely and delicate woman.

New Living Translation
O Jerusalem, you are my beautiful and delicate daughter— but I will destroy you!

New Life Bible
I will cut off the beautiful and fine ones, the people of Zion.

New Revised Standard
I have likened daughter Zion to the loveliest pasture.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
To a comely and delicate woman, have I likened the daughter of Zion:

Douay-Rheims Bible
I have likened the daughter of Sion to a beautiful and delicate woman.

Revised Standard Version
The comely and delicately bred I will destroy, the daughter of Zion.

Young's Literal Translation
The comely and the delicate one I have cut off, The daughter of Zion.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The comely and dainty one, the daughter of Zion, I will cut off.

Contextual Overview

¹ People of Benjamin, run for safety! Escape from Jerusalem! Sound the trumpet in Tekoa and build a signal fire in Beth Haccherem. Disaster and destruction are about to come from the north. ² The city of Zion is beautiful, but it will be destroyed; ³ kings will camp there with their armies. They will pitch their tents around the city, and each of them will camp wherever they want. ⁴ They will say, "Prepare to attack Jerusalem! Get ready! We'll attack at noon!" But then they will say, "It's too late, the day is almost over, and the evening shadows are growing long. ⁵ We'll attack by night; we'll destroy the city's fortresses." ⁶ The Lord Almighty has ordered these kings to cut down trees and build mounds in order to besiege Jerusalem. He has said, "I will punish this city because it is full of oppression. ⁷ As a well keeps its water fresh, so Jerusalem keeps its evil fresh. I hear violence and destruction in the city; sickness and wounds are all I see. ⁸ People of Jerusalem, let these troubles be a warning to you, or else I will abandon you; I will turn your city into a desert, a place where no one lives."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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

comely and delicate woman: or, a woman dwelling at home

Reciprocal: Isaiah 32:9 - ye women Jeremiah 4:17 - keepers Lamentations 4:5 - that did 1 Timothy 5:6 - in pleasure

Cross-References

Genesis 3:6
The woman saw how beautiful the tree was and how good its fruit would be to eat, and she thought how wonderful it would be to become wise. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, and he also ate it.

Genesis 4:26
Seth had a son whom he named Enosh. It was then that people began using the Lord 's holy name in worship.

Genesis 6:1
When people had spread all over the world, and daughters were being born,

Genesis 6:2
some of the heavenly beings saw that these young women were beautiful, so they took the ones they liked.

Genesis 6:3
Then the Lord said, "I will not allow people to live forever; they are mortal. From now on they will live no longer than 120 years."

Genesis 6:4
In those days, and even later, there were giants on the earth who were descendants of human women and the heavenly beings. They were the great heroes and famous men of long ago.

Genesis 6:6
he was sorry that he had ever made them and put them on the earth. He was so filled with regret

Genesis 6:7
that he said, "I will wipe out these people I have created, and also the animals and the birds, because I am sorry that I made any of them."

Genesis 6:8
But the Lord was pleased with Noah.

Genesis 6:12
God looked at the world and saw that it was evil, for the people were all living evil lives.

Gill's Notes on the 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 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" o; in which sense the word is used in Isaiah 6:5 and to this purpose is the Targum,

"O beautiful and delicate one, how hast thou corrupted thy ways? therefore the congregation of Zion is confounded;''

but the former senses seem to be best; in which the word used is understood as having the signification of likening or comparing; for which see Song of Solomon 1:9.

o So Jarchi and Joseph Kimchi. Vid. Gataker in loc.

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 silence, i. e., destroyed) the daughter of Zion.”