Jeremiah 2:32
Will a bride forget her ornaments, or a virgin her girdle? but my people has forgotten me days without number.
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Genesis 24:22And it came to pass when all the camels ceased drinking, that the man took golden earrings, each of a drachma weight, and he put two bracelets on her hands, their weight was ten pieces of gold.
Genesis 24:53And the servant having brought forth jewels of silver and gold and raiment, gave them to Rebekah, and gave gifts to her brother, and to her mother.
Judges 8:34And the children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God who had delivered them out of the hand of all that afflicted them round about.
Psalms 9:17The Lord is known as executing judgments: 1 The sinner is taken in the works of his hands. A song of Pause. 1
Psalms 106:21Let them acknowledge to the Lord his mercies, 1 And his wonderful works to the children of men. 1
Isaiah 61:10and they shall greatly rejoice in the Lord. Let my soul rejoice in the Lord; for he has clothed me with the robe of salvation, and the garment of joy: he has put a miter on me as on a bridegroom, and adorned me with ornaments as a bride.
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 →