This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
This is what the LORD has said about him: The virgin daughter of Zion looks down on you with contempt and laughs at you mockingly; the daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head at you in disgust.
God is declaring that Jerusalem (represented as a pure young woman) will mock and despise her enemy because God protects her.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of God's response through Isaiah to King Hezekiah during the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem around 701 BC. The Assyrian king Sennacherib had sent threatening messages to Jerusalem, but God promised deliverance. The 'virgin daughter of Zion' and 'daughter of Jerusalem' are poetic names for the city of Jerusalem, emphasizing its purity and God's protective relationship with it.
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