Jeremiah 2:37
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.
36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- Moreover, you will leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper by their help.”
- KJV
- Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.
- WEB
- You will also leave that place with your hands on your head; for the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, and you won’t prosper with them.
- ASV
- From thence also shalt thou go forth, with thy hands upon thy head: for Jehovah hath rejected those in whom thou trustest, and thou shalt not prosper with them.
- DARBY
- Thou shalt indeed go forth from her with thy hands upon thy head; for Jehovah hath rejected those thou confidest in, and thou shalt not prosper by them.
- BLB
- “Indeed you will go forth from this place, and with your hands on your head; for YHWH has rejected those you trust, and you shall not prosper in them.”
- ÅB
- Også derfra skal du gå ut med hendene på hodet[^9]; for Herren har forkastet dem du setter din lit til, og du skal ikke ha noen lykke med dem.
[^1]: JAK 1, 18.
[^2]: d.e. avgudene.
[^3]: JER 2, 8. SLM 106, 20.
[^4]: d.e. Nilens.
[^5]: d.e. Eufrats.
[^6]: JER 7, 31.
[^7]: 2MO 22, 2.
[^8]: d.e. på grunn av dette ditt ugudelige vesen (JER 2, 23 fg.) utøste du deres blod.
[^9]: d.e. med sorg; 2SA 13, 19. - OTB
- Du vil også forlate det stedet med hendene på hodet, for Herren har forkastet dem du stoler på; du vil ikke ha fremgang med dem.
- B1930
- Også derfra skal du gå ut med hendene på hodet; for Herren har forkastet dem du setter din lit til, og du skal ikke ha nogen lykke med dem. / < d.e. med sorg; 2SA 13, 19.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Samuel 13:19
And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
Read in contextJeremiah 37:7–10
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.
Read in contextEzekiel 17:15–20
But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?
Read in contextJeremiah 17:5
Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:36
Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
Read in contextIsaiah 10:4
Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Read in contextJeremiah 32:5
And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper.
Read in contextNumbers 14:41
And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.
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