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 King James Version (NKJV)Can a virgin forget her ornaments, Or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me days without number.

Context of Jeremiah 2:32

30“In vain I struck your children. They took no correction. Your sword devoured your prophets like a ravaging lion.” 31You, generation, heed Adonai’s word! “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of thick darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam. We won’t come to You any more’? Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me, days without number. 33How clever are your ways of seeking love. Therefore you even taught wicked women your ways. 34Moreover on your skirts is found the blood of the innocent poor —you did not find them breaking in. Yet in spite of 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— even though they are not gods? Yet My people have exchanged their glory for worthless things.
• Genesis 24:22Now after the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a nose ring of gold weighing a half-shekel and two bracelets on her hands weighing ten shekels of gold.
• 2 Samuel 1:24Daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and finery, who put ornaments of gold on your clothes.
• Psalms 45:13A daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. The richest people will court your favor.”
• Isaiah 61:10I will rejoice greatly in Adonai. My soul will be joyful in my God. For He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me in a robe of righteousness— like a bridegroom wearing a priestly turban, like a bride adorning herself with her jewels.
• Ezekiel 16:10I clothed you with embroidery and put sandals of fine leather on you. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.
• 1 Peter 3:3Don’t let your beauty be external—braiding the hair and wearing gold jewelry or fine clothes.
• Revelation 21:2I also saw the holy city—the New Jerusalem—coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
• Jeremiah 3:21A voice is heard on the barren hills —the weeping and supplication of the children of Israel— because they perverted their way and forgot Adonai their God.
• Jeremiah 13:10This wicked people, who refuse to hear My words, who walk in the stubbornness of their own heart, and go after other gods to serve them and worship them, will be just like this waistband—worth nothing at all.
• Jeremiah 18:15Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to a delusion and stumble in their ways— off the ancient paths— to walk on side-tracks, rather than a built-up highway.
• Psalms 9:17Adonai is known for executing judgment. The wicked one is trapped in the work of his own hands. Selah
• Psalms 106:21They forgot God their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt—
• Isaiah 17:10For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and you have not remembered the Rock of your strength. Therefore you plant delightful plants and set out exotic vines.
• Ezekiel 22:12They accept bribes in order to shed blood in you; you have taken usurious interest. You have greedily gained by oppressing your neighbors, and you have forgotten Me.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
• Hosea 8:14For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built temples, while Judah has multiplied fortified cities. So I will send fire upon its cities that will consume their citadels.”

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