Jeremiah 6:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 6:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 6:2 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman. comely: or, dwelling at home" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 6:2 — KJV
“I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman. comely: or, dwelling at home”
— Jeremiah 6:2 (KJV)
Jeremiah 6:2 in Context — About the Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah preached for forty years to a nation that would not listen, weeping as Jerusalem fell. Yet from the rubble come some of Scripture's most hopeful promises: plans to prosper and not harm, a new covenant written on hearts, and a God who invites us to call and see great things.
Cross-References for Jeremiah 6:2
“The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:2: daughter, delicate, woman
“Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:2: daughter, zion, woman
“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, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:2: daughter, zion, woman
“And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:2: daughter, woman
“But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians. the Egyptians: or, Egypt”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:2: daughter, woman
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