Jeremiah 2:37
For you shall go forth thence also with your hands upon your head; for the Lord has rejected your hope, and you shall not prosper in it.
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Numbers 14:41And Moses said, Why do you⌃ transgress the word of the Lord? you⌃ shall not prosper.
2 Samuel 13:19And Themar took ashes, and put them on her head; and she tore the variegated garment that was upon her: and she laid her hands on her head, and went crying continually.
Isaiah 10:4that you⌃ may not fall into + 10:4 Heb. and Alex. + ‘and they shall fall under the slain’ captivity? For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is yet exalted.
Jeremiah 2:36For you have been so exceedingly contemptuous as to repeat your ways; but you shall be ashamed of Egypt, as you were ashamed of Assur.
Jeremiah 22:20Go up to Libanus, and cry; and utter your voice to Basan, and cry aloud to the extremity of the sea: for all your 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 →