Isa 37:22 | JFB | STEP | 22. Transition to poetry: in parallelism. virgin ... daughter-- honorable terms. "Virgin" implies that the city is, as yet, inviolate. "Daughter" is an abstract collective feminine personification of the population, the child of the place denoted (see on ; ). Zion and her inhabitants. shaken ... head-- in scorn ( ; ; ). With us to shake the head is a sign of denial or displeasure; but gestures have different meanings in different countries ( ; ; ).

‏ Isaiah 37:22

22. Transition to poetry: in parallelism.

virgin ... daughter--honorable terms. "Virgin" implies that the city is, as yet, inviolate. "Daughter" is an abstract collective feminine personification of the population, the child of the place denoted (see on Is 23:10; Is 1:8). Zion and her inhabitants.

shaken ... head--in scorn (Psa 22:7; 109:25; Mt 27:39). With us to shake the head is a sign of denial or displeasure; but gestures have different meanings in different countries (Is 58:9; Eze 25:6; Zep 2:15).