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Jeremiah 2:32

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Can a virgin forget her ornaments, Or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me Days without number.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Can a maid forget her ornaments, [or] a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Can a maid forget her ornaments, [or] a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Doth a virgin forget her ornaments, a bride her attire? But my people have forgotten me days without number.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Can, a virgin, forget, her ornaments,—A bride, her girdle? Yet, my people, have forgotten me, days without number.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Doth a virgin forget her ornaments? A bride her bands? And My people have forgotten Me days without number.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Will a virgin forget her ornament, or a bride her stomacher? but my people hath forgotten me days without number.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Can a maid forget her ornament, or a bride her attire? yet my people haue forgotten me, daies without number.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Can a maide forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people haue forgotten me dayes without number.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Can a maid forget her ornaments or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Will a bride forget her ornaments, or a virgin her girdle? but my people has forgotten me days without number.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Can a maid forget her ornaments, [or] a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Can a maid 1330
{1330} Prime
בְּתוּלָה
b@thuwlah
{beth-oo-law'}
Feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to separate; a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state.
forget 7911
{7911} Prime
שָׁכַח
shakach
{shaw-kakh'}
A primitive root; to mislay, that is, to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
her ornaments, 5716
{5716} Prime
עֲדִי
`adiy
{ad-ee'}
From H5710 in the sense of trappings; finery; generally an outfit; specifically a headstall.
[or] a bride 3618
{3618} Prime
כַּלָּה
kallah
{kal-law'}
From H3634; a bride (as if perfect); hence a son's wife.
her attire? 7196
{7196} Prime
קִשֻּׁר
qishshur
{kish-shoor'}
From H7194; an (ornamental) girdle (for women).
yet my people 5971
{5971} Prime
עַם
`am
{am}
From H6004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively a flock.
have forgotten 7911
{7911} Prime
שָׁכַח
shakach
{shaw-kakh'}
A primitive root; to mislay, that is, to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention.
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
me days 3117
{3117} Prime
יוֹם
yowm
{yome}
From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literally (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverbially).
without x369
(0369) Complement
אַיִן
'ayin
{ah'-yin}
As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.
number. 4557
{4557} Prime
מִסְפָּר
micpar
{mis-pawr'}
From H5608; a number, definitely (arithmetical) or indefinitely (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Jeremiah 2:32

_ _ Oriental women greatly pride themselves on their ornaments (compare Isaiah 61:10).

_ _ attire — girdles for the breast.

_ _ forgotten me — (Jeremiah 13:25; Hosea 8:14).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Jeremiah 2:29-37.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jeremiah 2:32

A maid — How unlikely is it, that a maid should forget her ornaments? A bride — Those jewels which the bridegroom was wont to present his bride with. Forgotten — In the neglect of my worship; me, who was not only their defence, but their glory.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
a maid:

Jeremiah 2:11 Hath a nation changed [their] gods, which [are] yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for [that which] doth not profit.
Genesis 24:22 And 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;
Genesis 24:30 And 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.
Genesis 24:53 And 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.
2 Samuel 1:24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with [other] delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
Psalms 45:13-14 The king's daughter [is] all glorious within: her clothing [is] of wrought gold. ... She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
Isaiah 61:10 I 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.
Ezekiel 16:10-13 I 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. ... Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment [was of] fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.
1 Peter 3:3-5 Whose adorning let it not be that outward [adorning] of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; ... For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
Revelation 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

yet my people:

Jeremiah 3:21 A 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 13:10 This 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 13:25 This [is] thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
Jeremiah 18:15 Because 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;
Psalms 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God.
Psalms 106:21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
Isaiah 17:10 Because 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:
Ezekiel 22:12 In 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.
Hosea 8:14 For 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.
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Gn 24:22, 30, 53. 2S 1:24. Ps 9:17; 45:13; 106:21. Is 17:10; 61:10. Jr 2:11; 3:21; 13:10, 25; 18:15. Ezk 16:10; 22:12. Ho 8:14. 1P 3:3. Rv 21:2.

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