18 occurrences

'Daughter' in the Bible

And all her glory has gone from the daughter of Zion: her rulers have become like harts with no place for food, and they have gone in flight without strength before the attacker.

Verse ConceptsWeakness, PhysicalIsrael FleeingNo FoodNo Strength To CopeDeer Etc.Losing HonourDeer

The Lord has made sport of all my men of war in me, he has got men together against me to send destruction on my young men: the virgin daughter of Judah has been crushed like grapes under the feet of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersWinepressConvocationsTrampling PeopleTreading GrapesYoung People Suffering

How has the daughter of Zion been covered with a cloud by the Lord in his wrath! he has sent down from heaven to earth the glory of Israel, and has not kept in memory the resting-place of his feet in the day of his wrath.

Verse ConceptsFootstoolsZion, As A SymbolGod ForgettingLosing HonourThe Coming Day Of God's WrathFeelings Of Alienation

The Lord has given up to destruction all the living-places of Jacob without pity; pulling down in his wrath the strong places of the daughter of Judah, stretching out on the earth the wounded, even her king and her rulers.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, God's attitude toFortificationsFortressesAnger Of God, ConsequencesJacob, The PatriarchDestruction Of StrongholdsSwallowingPeople Being PollutedNot Sparing

His bow has been bent for the attack, he has taken his place with his hand ready, in his hate he has put to death all who were pleasing to the eye: on the tent of the daughter of Zion he has let loose his passion like fire.

Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Symbol Of StrengthRight Hand Of GodArchers, Likened To GodGod KillingFire Of God's AngerPleasing MenGod As EnemyGod Killed His People

The Lord has become like one fighting against her, sending destruction on Israel; he has sent destruction on all her great houses, making waste his strong places: increasing the grief and the sorrow of the daughter of Judah.

Verse ConceptsLamentingSongsGrowth Of EvilSwallowingGod As EnemyHouses Under Attack

It is the Lord's purpose to make waste the wall of the daughter of Zion; his line has been stretched out, he has not kept back his hand from destruction: he has sent sorrow on tower and wall, they have become feeble together.

Verse ConceptsPlumb LineWallsGod DestroyingDestruction Of Jerusalem's WallMourning Due To Catastrophe

The responsible men of the daughter of Zion are seated on the earth without a word; they have put dust on their heads, they are clothed in haircloth: the heads of the virgins of Jerusalem are bent down to the earth.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersDust, Figurative UseBowingHeadsSackcloth And AshesSprinklingClothing OneselfBowing Heads Before GodSitting In DejectionDust On The HeadIndividuals Being Silent

My eyes are wasted with weeping, the inmost parts of my body are deeply moved, my inner parts are drained out on the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because of the young children and babies at the breast who are falling without strength in the open squares of the town.

Verse ConceptsAffection, ExpressingIntestinesTearsFaintingEyes HarmedTragedy On The StreetsYoung People SufferingI Am Sufferingknots

What example am I to give you? what comparison am I to make for you, O daughter of Jerusalem? what am I to make equal to you, so that I may give you comfort, O virgin daughter of Zion? for your destruction is great like the sea: who is able to make you well?

Verse ConceptsSeaVirginLikeningUnique EventsDestruction Of JerusalemThings Like The SeaHuman ComfortLikening ThingsNo HealingSea, Metaphorical ReferencesHealing And Comfort

All who go by make a noise with their hands at you; they make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, and saying, Is this the town which was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?

Verse ConceptsBeautifulClappingBeauty Of JerusalemNames For JerusalemApplauseShaking The HeadHissingSpectatorsPeople Made Perfect

Let your cry go up to the Lord: O wall of the daughter of Zion, let your weeping be flowing down like a stream day and night; give yourself no rest, let not your eyes keep back the drops of sorrow.

Verse ConceptsAffliction Day And NightWeepingCrying To GodFigurative WallsEyes Cared ForNo Comfort

Rivers of water are running down from my eyes, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Verse ConceptsBeing Earnest For IsraelBereavement, Expression OfTearsI Mourn Catastrophe

Even the beasts of the waste land have full breasts, they give milk to their young ones: the daughter of my people has become cruel like the ostriches in the waste land.

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Nursing MothersNursesBirds, Types Of BirdsAnimals SucklingOstrichesStrictnessDeserts Used Figuratively

For the punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of Sodom, which was overturned suddenly without any hand falling on her.

Verse ConceptsSodom And GomorrahSudden DestructionGod's People SinningPunishments

The hands of kind-hearted women have been boiling their children; they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Verse ConceptsCannibalismMotherhoodcookingtenderheartedness

Have joy and be glad, O daughter of Edom, living in the land of Uz: the cup will be given to you in your turn, and you will be overcome with wine and your shame will be seen.

Verse ConceptsCup, God's WrathPeople Stripping OffGod Making DrunkRejoicing In Evil

The punishment of your evil-doing is complete, O daughter of Zion; never again will he take you away as a prisoner: he will give you the reward of your evil-doing, O daughter of Edom; he will let your sin be uncovered.

Verse ConceptsSin Made Known

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