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 dominionCan a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
KJV
“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.
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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Cross-references
Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
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 6:5Then 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 5:12They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
Jeremiah 10:14Every 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 11:25For 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 3:18Let 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 8:2And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
James 1:5If 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 2:12But 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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Other verses that share key original-language words with Jeremiah 2:32.
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 62:5For 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
Frequently asked questions
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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