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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)In despair, you will be led into exile with your hands on your heads, for the Lord has rejected the nations you trust. They will not help you at all.

Context of Jeremiah 2:37

35you say, ‘I am innocent; he is not angry with me.’ But I will pass judgment on you because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’ 36Why do you go about so much, changing your ways? You will be disappointed by Egypt as you were by Assyria. 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.

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 13:19Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the ornate robe she was wearing. She put her hands on her head and went away, weeping aloud as she went.
• Jeremiah 2:36Why do you go about so much, changing your ways? You will be disappointed by Egypt as you were by Assyria.
• Jeremiah 17:5This is what the Lord says: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the Lord.
• Jeremiah 37:7“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Tell the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of me, ‘Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to support you, will go back to its own land, to Egypt.
• Isaiah 10:4Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives or fall among the slain. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.
• Ezekiel 17:15But the king rebelled against him by sending his envoys to Egypt to get horses and a large army. Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the treaty and yet escape?
• Jeremiah 32:5He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will remain until I deal with him, declares the Lord. If you fight against the Babylonians, you will not succeed.’ ”
• Numbers 14:41But Moses said, “Why are you disobeying the Lord’s command? This will not succeed!
• 2 Chronicles 13:12God is with us; he is our leader. His priests with their trumpets will sound the battle cry against you. People of Israel, do not fight against the Lord, the God of your ancestors, for you will not 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

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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