Jeremiah 2:32

Can a betulah forget her jewelry, 1 or a kallah her adornments? 1 Yet My people have forgotten Me 1 yamim ein mispar (days without number). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

In Context

31O HaDor (Generation), heed ye the Devar Hashem. 1 Have I been a midbar unto Yisroel? 1 An eretz of great darkness? 1 Madu'a (why) say Ami: We are free; 1 we will come no more unto Thee? 1

33How well thou direct thy derech to seek ahavah? 1 Therefore hast thou also taught hara'ot (the worst women) 1 the darkhei (ways) of thee. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 24:22And it came to pass, just as the gemalim had done drinking, that the ish took a nezem zahav (gold ring) by weight a beka, and two tzemidim (bracelets) by weight ten [shekels of] gold for her wrists;

Genesis 24:53And the eved brought forth kelei kesef, and kelei zahav, and begadim, and gave them to Rivkah; he gave also to her ach and to her em migdanot (costly gifts).

Judges 8:34And the Bnei Yisroel remembered not Hashem Eloheihem, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side;

Psalms 9:17Hashem is known by the mishpat which He executeth; 1 the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. 1 Higgayon. Selah 1

Psalms 106:21They forgot G-d their Moshi'a, 1 Who had done gedolot in Mitzrayim; 1

Isaiah 61:10I will greatly rejoice in Hashem, 1 my nefesh shall be joyful in Elohai; 1 for He hath clothed me with the Bigdei Yesha (Garments of Salvation), 1 He hath covered me with Me'il Tzedakah (the Robe of Righteousness) 1 like a Choson arrays himself with splendor, 1 and like a Kallah adorneth herself with her jewels. 1

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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