KJV King James Version
Can a maid forget her ornaments, [or] a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
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Jeremiah 2:32
Can a maid forget her ornaments, [or] a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
WEB World English Bible
“Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.
ASV American Standard Version
Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Doth a virgin forget her ornaments? A bride her bands? And My people have forgotten Me days without number.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 2
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 have forgotten me days without number.
33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
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הֲתִשְׁכַּ֤חH7911 · sha.khachto forgetבְּתוּלָה֙H1330 · be.tu.lahvirginעֶדְיָ֔הּH5716 · a.diornamentכַּלָּ֖הH3618 · kal.lahdaughter-in-law: brideקִשֻּׁרֶ֑יהָH7196 · qish.shursashוְעַמִּ֣יH5971 · ampeopleשְׁכֵח֔וּנִיH7911 · sha.khachto forgetיָמִ֖יםH3117 · yomdayאֵ֥יןH369 · a.yinnothingמִסְפָּֽר׃H4557 · mis.parnumber
Cross-references
Psalm 106:21They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;Jeremiah 13:25This [is] thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.Jeremiah 3:21A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping [and] supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, [and] they have forgotten the LORD their God.Jeremiah 2:11Hath a nation changed [their] gods, which [are] yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for [that which] doth not profit.Isaiah 17:10Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:Hosea 8:14For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.Psalm 9:17The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God.Isaiah 61:10I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh [himself] with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth [herself] with her jewels.Jeremiah 13:10This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.Jeremiah 18:15Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways [from] the ancient paths, to walk in paths, [in] a way not cast up;Genesis 24:22And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten [shekels] weight of gold;Revelation 21:2And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.1 Peter 3:3-5Whose adorning let it not be that outward [adorning] of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;Ezekiel 22:12In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.Genesis 24:30And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.2 Samuel 1:24Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with [other] delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.Genesis 24:53And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave [them] to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.Ezekiel 16:10-13I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.
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