Jeremiah 2:32

Jeremiah 2:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
• New International Version (NIV)Does a young woman forget her jewelry, a bride her wedding ornaments? Yet my people have forgotten me, days without number.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Does a young woman forget her jewelry, or a bride her wedding dress? Yet for years on end my people have forgotten me.

Context of Jeremiah 2:32

30“In vain I have chastened your children; They received no correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets Like a destroying lion. 31“O generation, see the word of the Lord! Have I been a wilderness to Israel, Or a land of darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are lords; We will come no more to You’? Can a virgin forget her ornaments, Or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me days without number. 33“Why do you beautify your way to seek love? Therefore you have also taught The wicked women your ways. 34Also on your skirts is found The blood of the lives of the poor innocents. I have not found it by secret search, But plainly on all these things.

Jeremiah 2:32 word by word

הֲתִשְׁכַּ֤ח בְּתוּלָה֙ עֶדְיָ֔הּ כַּלָּ֖ה קִשֻּׁרֶ֑יהָ וְעַמִּ֣י שְׁכֵח֔וּנִי יָמִ֖ים אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Can a maidבְּתוּלָהbethûlâh · virginH1330
• forgetשָׁכַחshâkach shâkêach · to forgetH7911
• her ornamentsעֲדִי‛ădîy · ornamentH5716
• a brideכַּלָּהkallâh · daughter-in-law: brideH3618
• her attireקִשֻּׁרִיםqishshûr · sashH7196
• yet my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• me daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• without numberמִסְפָּרmispâr · numberH4557

Cross-references for Jeremiah 2:32

• Jeremiah 2:11Has a nation changed its gods, Which are not gods? But My people have changed their Glory For what does not profit.
• Genesis 24:22So it was, when the camels had finished drinking, that the man took a golden nose ring weighing half a shekel, and two bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels of gold,
• 2 Samuel 1:24“O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, Who clothed you in scarlet, with luxury; Who put ornaments of gold on your apparel.
• Psalms 45:13The royal daughter is all glorious within the palace; Her clothing is woven with gold.
• Isaiah 61:10I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, My soul shall be joyful in my God; For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
• Ezekiel 16:10I clothed you in embroidered cloth and gave you sandals of badger skin; I clothed you with fine linen and covered you with silk.
• 1 Peter 3:3Do not let your adornment be merely outward—arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel—
• Revelation 21:2Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
• Jeremiah 3:21A voice was heard on the desolate heights, Weeping and supplications of the children of Israel. For they have perverted their way; They have forgotten the Lord their God.
• Jeremiah 13:10This evil people, who refuse to hear My words, who follow the dictates of their hearts, and walk after other gods to serve them and worship them, shall be just like this sash which is profitable for nothing.
• Jeremiah 18:15“Because My people have forgotten Me, They have burned incense to worthless idols. And they have caused themselves to stumble in their ways, From the ancient paths, To walk in pathways and not on a highway,
• Psalms 9:17The wicked shall be turned into hell, And all the nations that forget God.
• Psalms 106:21They forgot God their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt,
• Isaiah 17:10Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation, And have not been mindful of the Rock of your stronghold, Therefore you will plant pleasant plants And set out foreign seedlings;
• Ezekiel 22:12In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take usury and increase; you have made profit from your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten Me,” says the Lord God.
• Hosea 8:14“For Israel has forgotten his Maker, And has built temples; Judah also has multiplied fortified cities; But I will send fire upon his cities, And it shall devour his palaces.”

Commentaries on Jeremiah 2:32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32Can a maid forget her ornaments - This people has not so much attachment to me as young females have to their dress and ornaments. They never forget them and even when arrived at old age, look with pleasure on the dress and ornaments which they have worn in their youth. Days without number - That is, for many years; during the whole reign of Manasses, which was fifty-five years, the land was deluged with idolatry, from which the reform by good King Josiah…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32A bride treasures all her life the girdle, which first indicated that she was a married woman, just as brides now treasure the wedding ring; but Israel, Yahweh‘s bride Jeremiah 2:2, cherishes no fond memorials of past affection.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. 32For centuries, the Israelites had forgotten the Lord, who was like their husband (Jeremiah 13:25; Psalm 106:21; Hosea 8:14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3232. Oriental women greatly pride themselves on their ornaments (compare Is 61:10). attire--girdles for the breast. forgotten me--(Jr 13:25; Ho 8:14).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 2:32

• Backsliders
• Bride
• Church
• Forgetting God
• Godlessness
• Marriage
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Attire
• Bitter
• Cry
• Degenerate
• Handle
• Headbands
• Hold
• Holiness
• Noble
• Ornament

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