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Jeremiah 2:32

Sin

30 “I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”

31 You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?

Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.

33 How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.

34 Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
KJV
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
WEB
“Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.
ASV
Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
DARBY
Doth a virgin forget her ornaments, a bride her attire? But my people have forgotten me days without number.
BLB
Can a virgin forget her jewelry, [or] a bride her sashes? And My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
ÅB
Mon en jomfru glemmer sitt smykke, en brud sitt belte? Men mitt folk har glemt meg i dager uten tall.
OTB
Glemmer en ung kvinne sine smykker, en brud sine bryllupsornamenter? Likevel har mitt folk glemt meg, dager uten tall.
B1930
Mon en jomfru glemmer sitt smykke, en brud sitt belte? Men mitt folk har glemt mig i dager uten tall.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 106:21

    They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,

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  • Jeremiah 13:25

    This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.

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  • Jeremiah 2:11

    Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.

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  • Jeremiah 3:21

    A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverted their ways and forgotten the LORD their God.

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  • Isaiah 17:10

    For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—

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  • Hosea 8:14

    Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.

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  • Isaiah 61:10

    I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

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  • Psalms 9:17

    The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.

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