Jeremiah 2:37

Jeremiah 2:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the Lord hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.
• New International Version (NIV)You will also leave that place with your hands on your head, for the Lord has rejected those you trust; you will not be helped by them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)From it too you will come away with your hands on your head, for the Lord has rejected those in whom you trust, and you will not prosper by them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Indeed you will go forth from him With your hands on your head; For the Lord has rejected your trusted allies, And you will not prosper by them.

Context of Jeremiah 2:37

35Yet you keep saying, ‘I am innocent; Surely His anger has turned away from me.’ Behold (listen very carefully), I will bring you to judgment and will plead my case against you Because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’ 36Why do you go around and wander so much Changing your way? Also, you will be shamed by Egypt As you were shamed by Assyria. From Egypt also you will come away [as captives] With your hands on your head; For the Lord has rejected those in whom you trust (confide), And you will not be successful with them.”

Jeremiah 2:37 word by word

גַּ֣ם מֵאֵ֥ת זֶה֙ תֵּֽצְאִ֔י וְיָדַ֖יִךְ עַל־רֹאשֵׁ֑ךְ כִּֽי־מָאַ֤ס יְהֹוָה֙ בְּמִבְטַחַ֔יִךְ וְלֹ֥א תַצְלִ֖יחִי לָהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Yea, thou shalt go forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• from him, and thine handsיָדyâd · handH3027
• upon thine headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
• for the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• hath rejectedמָאַסmâ'as · to rejectH3988
• thy confidencesמִבְטָחmibţâch · confidenceH4009
• and thou shalt not prosperצָלֵחַtsâlach tsâlêach · to prosperH6743

Cross-references for Jeremiah 2:37

• 2 Samuel 13:19So Tamar put dust on her head [in grief] and tore the long-sleeved robe which she had on, and she put her hand on her head and went away crying out [for help].
• Jeremiah 2:36Why do you go around and wander so much Changing your way? Also, you will be shamed by Egypt As you were shamed by Assyria.
• Jeremiah 17:5Thus says the Lord, “Cursed is the man who trusts in and relies on mankind, Making [weak, faulty human] flesh his strength, And whose mind and heart turn away from the Lord.
• Jeremiah 37:7“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘This is what you are to say to the king of Judah, who sent you to Me to inquire of Me: “Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has come out to help you, will return to Egypt, to their own land.
• Isaiah 10:4Nothing remains but to crouch among the captives Or fall [dead] among the slain [on the battlefield]. In spite of all this, God’s anger does not turn away, But His hand is still stretched out [in judgment].
• Ezekiel 17:15But Zedekiah rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar by sending his ambassadors to Egypt so that they might give him horses and many troops. Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Can he indeed break the covenant [with Babylon] and [still] escape?
• Jeremiah 32:5and he will lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and he will be there until I visit him [for evaluation and judgment],” says the Lord. “If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will not succeed” ’?”
• Numbers 14:41But Moses said, “Why then are you transgressing the commandment of the Lord, when it will not succeed?
• 2 Chronicles 13:12Behold, God is with us at our head, and His priests [are here] with their signal trumpets to sound an alarm against you. O sons of Israel, do not fight against the Lord God of your fathers, for you cannot succeed.”

Commentaries on Jeremiah 2:37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 37Thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head - Thou shalt find all thy confidence in vain, - thy hope disappointed; - and thy state reduced to desperation. The hand being placed on the head was the evidence of deep sorrow, occasioned by utter desolation. See the case of Tamar, when ruined and abandoned by her brother Amnon, 2 Samuel 13:19. Thou shalt not prosper in them - They shall all turn to thy disadvantage; and this as we shall see…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 37From him - From it, from this Egypt, which though fem. as a land, yet as a people may be used as a masc. (compare Jeremiah 46:8). Now that Nineveh is trembling before the armies of Cyaxares and Nabopalassar, thou hastenest to Egypt, hoping to rest upon her strength: but thou shalt retrace thy steps, with thy hands clasped upon thy head, disgraced and discarded. Confidences - Those in whom thou confidest. In them - literally, “with respect to them.”Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 29-37Verses 29-37 The nation had not been wrought upon by the judgements of God, but sought to justify themselves. The world is, to those who make it their home and their portion, a wilderness and a land of darkness; but those who dwell in God, have the lines fallen to them in pleasant places. Here is the language of presumptuous sinners. The Jews had long thrown off serious thoughts of God. How many days of our lives pass without suitable remembrance of him!…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-37Israel did not act like a loyal wife. Instead, she acted like: A wild animal in heat (Jeremiah 2:23–25) A thief (Jeremiah 2:26–30) A prostitute (Jeremiah 2:31–3:5)Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3737. him--Egypt. hands upon ... head--expressive of mourning (2Sa 13:19). in them--in those stays in which thou trustest.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 2:37

• Confidence
• Mourning

In the dictionaries

• Attire
• Bitter
• Cry
• Degenerate
• Handle
• Hold
• Holiness
• Noble
• Gesture

Commentaries on Jeremiah 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings