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This is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning him: ‘The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
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Verse 21. Virgin. The few who adhere to the Lord despise all idols and their votaries. Worthington.—Of Sion and of Jerusalem may denote those places. Towns and provinces are often represented as women: the daughter of Babylon, the daughter of the sea, mean Babylon and a maritime town. Perhaps this comparison is used through tenderness and affection for a place. Calmet.—Even the most timid female would shortly despise the fallen tyrant. Bible.—Wagged, out of contempt, or in a threatening manner. Psalms 21:8. Matthew 27:39. Menochius.
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