Jeremiah 2:32
Can a virgin forget her ornaments, Or a bride her belt? Yet my people have forgotten me, days without number!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
33Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? On this account hast thou accustomed thy ways to wickedness.
Cross References
Psalms 9:17The wicked shall be driven into the underworld; Yea, all the nations that forger God.
Psalms 106:21They forgot God, their saviour, Who had done such great things in Egypt,
Isaiah 61:10“I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah; My soul shall exult in my God; For he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation; He hath covered me with the mantle of deliverance. As the bridegroom decketh himself with his turban, And as the 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 →