Jeremiah 2:37

For thou shalt go forth thence also with thy hands upon thy head; for the Lord has rejected thy hope, and thou shalt not prosper in it.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.

In Context

36For thou hast been so exceedingly contemptuous as to repeat thy ways; but thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

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Cross References

Numbers 14:41And Moses said, Why do ye transgress the word of the Lord? ye shall not prosper.

2 Samuel 13:19And Tamar took ashes, and put them on her head; and she rent the variegated garment that was upon her: and she laid her hands on her head, and went crying continually.

Isaiah 10:4that ye may not fall into captivity? For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is yet exalted.

Jeremiah 2:36For thou hast been so exceedingly contemptuous as to repeat thy ways; but thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

Jeremiah 22:20Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and utter thy voice to Bashan, and cry aloud to the extremity of the sea: for all thy lovers are destroyed.

Jeremiah 37:7For that day is great, and there is not such another; and it is a time of straitness to Jacob; but he shall be saved out of it.

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 →

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