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'Daughter of Zion' in the Bible

A voice has come to my ears like the voice of a woman in birth-pains, the pain of one giving birth to her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, fighting for breath, stretching out her hands, saying, Now sorrow is mine! for my strength is gone from me before the takers of life.

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

Bows and spears are in their hands; they are cruel and have no mercy; their voice is like the thunder of the sea, and they go on horses; everyone in his place like men going to the fight, against you, O daughter of Zion.

And they have made little of the wounds of the daughter of Zion, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

May the violent things done to me, and my downfall, come on Babylon, the daughter of Zion will say; and, May my blood be on the people of Chaldaea, Jerusalem will say.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain