Jeremiah 2:16
Also the children of Memphis and Tahpanhes have known thee, and mocked thee.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
In Context
17Has not thy forsaking me brought these things upon thee? saith the Lord thy God.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:20And to Gad he said, 1 Blessed be he that enlarges Gad: 1 As a lion he rested, 1 Having broken the arm and the ruler. 1
2 Kings 23:33And Pharaoh Neco removed him to Riblah in the land of Hamath, so that he should not reign in Jerusalem; and imposed a tribute on the land, a hundred talents of silver, and a hundred talents of gold.
Isaiah 8:8and he shall take away from Judah every man who shall be able to lift up his head, and every one able to accomplish anything; and his camp shall fill the breadth of thy land, O God with us.
Isaiah 30:1Woe to the apostate children, saith the Lord: ye have framed counsel, not by me, and covenants not by my Spirit, to add sins to sins:
Isaiah 59:13We have sinned, and dealt falsely, and revolted from our God: we have spoken unrighteous words, and have been disobedient; we have conceived and uttered from our heart unrighteous words.
Jeremiah 44:1And Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar appointed to reign over Judah.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 2:15-20
Expostulations with Israel. ( b. c. 629.) 14 Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born slave? why is he spoiled? 15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. 16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head. 17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way? 18 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what… Read the whole commentary →