The name daughter of Zion
is a symbolic name that implies the people of Judah and the place, Jerusalem. Both enjoyed divine favour from God. Therefore, Zion
is the daughter of God— a comforting symbol to the rest of the land. The consequence of losing all her majesty
is that it signals doom for the rest of Judah. God had bestowed this majesty upon Jerusalem (see Ezekiel 16:6–13). It was God’s glory that had adorned Jerusalem, but this disappeared from the temple (see Ezekiel 9:1–11:25). But also, according to Isaiah 5:13–14, it seems that the leaders of Jerusalem are its glory and Jerusalem’s nobility is her majesty, which went down in exile. As such, Jerusalem’s majesty could be taken as a reference to her people and leaders that have gone away in exile. The covenant people have departed from the city of the covenant.1
6 From the daughter of Zion all her majesty has departed. Her princes have become like deer that find no pasture; they fled without strength before the pursuer.