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Jeremiah 2:32

2:31 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? We are: Heb. We have dominion
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

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“Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.

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

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

2:33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.

What does Jeremiah 2:32 mean?

Jeremiah 2:32 is a verse in the book of Jeremiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include בְּתוּלָה (bᵉthûwlâh), שָׁכַח (shâkach), עֲדִי (ʻădîy). It connects to 9 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Can
a
maidבְּתוּלָהbᵉthûwlâh/beth-oo-law'/H1330a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state
forgetשָׁכַחshâkach/shaw-kakh'/H7911to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
her
ornaments,עֲדִיʻădîy/ad-ee'/H5716finery; generally an outfit; specifically, a headstall
or
a
brideכַּלָּהkallâh/kal-law'/H3618a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife
her
attire?קִשֻּׁרqishshur/kish-shoor'/H7196an (ornamental) girdle (for women)
yet
my
peopleעַםʻam/am/H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
have
forgottenשָׁכַחshâkach/shaw-kakh'/H7911to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
me
daysיוֹםyôwm/yome/H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
without
number.מִסְפָּרmiçpâr/mis-pawr'/H4557a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration

Commentary on Jeremiah 2:32

HENRY_FULL · Jeremiah 2:32
was penned by one that bears the name of "Agur Ben Jakeh." What tribe he was of, or when he lived, we are not told; what he wrote, being indited by the Holy Ghost, is here kept upon record. We have here, I. His confession of faith, ver. 1-6 . II. His prayer, ver. 7-9 . III. A caution against wronging servants, ver. 10 . IV. Four wicked generations, ver. 11-14 . V. Four things insatiable ( ver. 15, 16 ), to which is added fair warning to undutiful children, ver. 17 . VI. Four things unsearchable, ver. 18-20 . VII. Four things intolerable, ver. 21-23 . VIII. Four things little and wise, ver. 24-28 . IX. Four things stately, ver. 29 to the end . The Words of Agur. 1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, 2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. 3<

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Job 42:3

Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

Isaiah 6:5

Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. undone: Heb. cut off

Jeremiah 5:12

They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

Jeremiah 10:14

Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. brutish in his knowledge: or, more brutish than to know

Romans 11:25

For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. blindness: or, hardness

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

1 Corinthians 8:2

And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

James 1:5

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

2 Peter 2:12

But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Jeremiah 2:32.

Isaiah 49:18

Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.

Isaiah 62:5

For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee. as the: Heb. with the joy of the bridegroom

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What does Jeremiah 2:32 say?

Jeremiah 2:32 (King James Version) reads: "Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number."

Is Jeremiah 2:32 in the Old or New Testament?

Jeremiah 2:32 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Jeremiah.

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