Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
I'll destroy the lovely and delicate Daughter of Zion.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
Holman Bible
I will destroy
A Conservative Version
The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, I will cut off.
American Standard Version
The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.
Amplified
“I will destroy the Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem), the lovely and delicate one [so like a luxurious pasture].
Bible in Basic English
The fair and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will be cut off by my hand.
Darby Translation
The comely and delicate one do I cut off, the daughter of Zion.
Julia Smith Translation
I likened the daughter of Zion to her becoming and delicate
King James 2000
I have likened the daughter of Zion to a lovely and delicate woman.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The lovely and the delicate, the daughter of Jerusalem, I will destroy.
Modern King James verseion
I will destroy the daughter of Zion, the beautiful and tender one.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I will liken the daughter of Zion to a fair and tender woman, and to her shall come the shepherds with their flocks.
NET Bible
I will destroy Daughter Zion, who is as delicate and defenseless as a young maiden.
New Heart English Bible
The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.
The Emphasized Bible
To a comely and delicate woman, have I likened the daughter of Zion:
Webster
I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
World English Bible
The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.
Youngs Literal Translation
The comely and the delicate one I have cut off, The daughter of Zion.
Interlinear
Damah
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 6:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Invasion From The North
1 "Flee to safety, you people of Benjamin, leave Jerusalem. Sound the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise a signal over Beth-haccerem! For calamity and terrible destruction are turning toward you from the north. 2 I'll destroy the lovely and delicate Daughter of Zion. 3 Shepherds and their flocks will come against her. They'll pitch their tents all around her, and every one will tend his flock in his own place.
Cross References
Isaiah 1:8
"The daughter of Zion is left abandoned, like a booth in a vineyard, like a hut in a cucumber field, or like a city under siege.
Jeremiah 4:31
I heard a cry like that of a woman in labor, anguish like one giving birth to her firstborn, the cry of the daughter of Zion gasping for air, stretching out her hand: "Woe is me! I'm about to faint in front of killers!"
Isaiah 3:16-17
The LORD also says: "Because Zion's women are so haughty, and walk with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, prancing along as they walk, and making tinkling noises with their ankle bracelets,
Lamentations 2:1
How the Lord in his wrath shamed cherished Zion! He cast down from heaven to earth the glory of Israel, He did not remember his footstool in the time of his anger.
Lamentations 2:13
What can be said about you? To what should you be compared, fair Jerusalem? To what may I liken you, so I may comfort you, fair one of Zion? Indeed, your wound is as deep as the sea who can heal you?