Jeremiah 2:32
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me days without number.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
33How trimmest thou thy way to seek love! Therefore — even the wicked women hast thou taught thy ways;
Cross References
Genesis 24:22And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
Genesis 24:53And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah; he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
Judges 8:34And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;
Psalms 9:17(9-18) The wicked shall return to the nether-world, even all the nations that forget God.
Psalms 106:21They forgot God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt;
Isaiah 61:10I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for He hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, He hath covered me with the robe of victory, as a bridegroom putteth on a priestly diadem, and as a bride adorneth herself 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 →