Jeremiah 2:16

Jeremiah 2:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
• New International Version (NIV)Also, the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have cracked your skull.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Moreover, the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Also the people of Noph and Tahpanhes Have broken the crown of your head.

Context of Jeremiah 2:16

14Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why else has he become a prey? 15The young lions have roared at him; they have roared loudly. They have laid waste his land. His cities are in ruins, without inhabitants. The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have also broken your skull. 17Have you not brought this on yourself by abandoning the Lord your God while he was leading you along the way? 18Now what will you gain by traveling along the way to Egypt to drink the water of the Nile? What will you gain by traveling along the way to Assyria to drink the water of the Euphrates?

Jeremiah 2:16 word by word

גַּם־בְּנֵי־נֹ֖ף וְתַחְפַּנְחֵ֑ס יִרְע֖וּךְ קָדְקֹֽד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Also the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Nophנֹף, מֹףnôph · MemphisH5297
• and Tahapanesתַּחְפַּנְחֵסtachpanchês techaphnechês tachpenês · TahpanhesH8471
• have brokenרָעָהrâ‛âh · to pastureH7462
• the crown of thy headקׇדְקֹדqodqôd · crownH6936

Cross-references for Jeremiah 2:16

• 2 Kings 18:21Now look, you are relying on Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who grabs it and leans on it. This is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is to all who rely on him.
• 2 Kings 23:33Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at Riblah in the land of Hamath to keep him from reigning in Jerusalem, and he imposed on the land a fine of seventy-five hundred pounds of silver and seventy-five pounds of gold.
• Isaiah 30:1Woe to the rebellious children! This is the Lord’s declaration. They carry out a plan, but not mine; they make an alliance, but against my will, piling sin on top of sin.
• Isaiah 31:1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and who depend on horses! They trust in the abundance of chariots and in the large number of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel, and they do not seek the Lord.
• Jeremiah 46:14Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol! Proclaim it in Memphis and in Tahpanhes! Say, “Take positions! Prepare yourself, for the sword devours all around you.”
• Isaiah 19:13The princes of Zoan have been fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. Her tribal chieftains have led Egypt astray.
• Ezekiel 30:13“‘This is what the Lord God says: I will destroy the worthless idols and put an end to the false gods in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt. And I will instill fear in that land.
• Jeremiah 43:7They went to the land of Egypt because they did not obey the Lord. They went as far as Tahpanhes.
• Jeremiah 44:1This is the word that came to Jeremiah for all the Jews living in the land of Egypt — at Migdol, Tahpanhes, Memphis, and in the land of Pathros:
• Deuteronomy 33:20He said about Gad: The one who enlarges Gad’s territory will be blessed. He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or even a head.
• Isaiah 1:6From the sole of the foot even to the head, no spot is uninjured — wounds, welts, and festering sores not cleansed, bandaged, or soothed with oil.
• Isaiah 8:8It will pour into Judah, flood over it, and sweep through, reaching up to the neck; and its flooded banks will fill your entire land, Immanuel!

Commentaries on Jeremiah 2:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16The children of Noph and Tahapanes - Noph and Tahapanes were two cities of Egypt, otherwise called Memphis and Daphni. It is well known that the good king was defeated by the Egyptians, and slain in battle. Thus was the crown of Judah's head broken.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Noph, i. e., Napata, a town situated in the extreme south of Egypt. Some take it to be Memphis (see Isaiah 19:13 note). Tahapanes - Daphne Pelusii, a bordertown toward Palestine. Have broken the crown of thy head - literally, shall depasture the crown of thy head; i. e., make it bald; baldness was accounted by the Jews a sign of disgrace 2 Kings 2:23, and also a mark of mourning Isaiah 15:2; Isaiah 22:12. The Egyptians in slaying Josiah, and capturing…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-19Verses 14-19 Is Israel a servant? No, they are the seed of Abraham. We may apply this spiritually: Is the soul of man a slave? No, it is not; but has sold its own liberty, and enslaved itself to divers lusts and passions. The Assyrian princes, like lions, prevailed against Israel. People from Egypt destroyed their glory and strength. They brought these calamities on themselves by departing from the Lord. The use and application of this is, Repent of thy…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16Another enemy, the Egyptians, invaded from the south to take advantage of the situation (Jeremiah 50:17; 2 Kings 23:29–37). Memphis and Tahpanhes, Egypt’s major cities near the mouth of the Nile, were famous for their wealth.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. Noph ... Tahapanes--Memphis, capital of Lower Egypt, on the west bank of the Nile, near the pyramids of Gizeh, opposite the site of modern Cairo. Daphne, on the Tanitic branch of the Nile, near Pelusium, on the frontier of Egypt towards Palestine. Is 30:4 contracts it, Hanes. These two cities, one the capital, the other that with which the Jews came most in contact, stand for the whole of Egypt. Tahapanes takes its name from a goddess, Tphnet…Read the comment

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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