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Jeremiah 2:32 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 2 · verse 32
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.Jeremiah 2:32 · King James Version
Jeremiah 2:32 in context
30In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
31O 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?
32Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
33Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
34Also 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ornamentsʻădîyfineryH5716 →
- forgetshâkachto mislayH7911 →
- attireqishshuran girdleH7196 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- bridekallâha brideH3618 →
- maidbᵉthûwlâha virginH1330 →
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The prophet here goes on in the same strain, aiming to bring a sinful people to repentance, that their destruction might be prevented. I. He avers the truth of the charge. It was evident beyond contradiction;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 29-37