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Jeremiah 2:37 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 2 · verse 37
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.Jeremiah 2:37 · King James Version
Jeremiah 2:37 in context
35Yet 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.
36Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
37Yea, 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- confidencesmibṭâchproperly, a refugeH4009 →
- rejectedmâʼaçto spurnH3988 →
- forthyâtsâʼto go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and…H3318 →
- handsyâda handH3027 →
- headrôʼshthe head , whether literal or figurativeH7218 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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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