Jeremiah 2:32
Will a virgin forget her ornament, or a bride her stomacher? but my people hath forgotten me days without number.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Genesis 24:22And after that the camels had drunk, the man took out golden earrings, weighing two sicles: and as many bracelets of ten sicles weight.
Genesis 24:53And bringing forth vessels of silver and gold, and garments, he gave them to Rebecca for a present. He offered gifts also to her brothers, and to her mother.
Judges 8:34And they remembered not the Lord their God, who delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies round about:
Psalms 9:17The Lord shall be known when he executeth judgments: the sinner hath been caught in the works of his own hands.
Psalms 106:21They forgot God, who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,
Isaiah 61:10I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, and my soul shall be joyful in my God: for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation: and with the robe of justice he hath covered me, as a bridegroom decked with a crown, and as a bride adorned with her jewels.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 2:30-37
Expostulations with Israel. ( b. c. 629.) 29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord . 30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. 31 O generation, see ye the word of the Lord . Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee? 32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people… Read the whole commentary →