King James Version
Jeremiah 2:32 in the King James Version says “Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.”
Jeremiah 2:32 · KJV
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
O 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? We are: Heb. We have dominion
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
Also 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. secret: Heb. digging
KJV Study — Public Domain
“forget”
H7911to mislay, i.e., to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
“Can a maid”
H1330a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state
“yet my people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“forget”
H7911to mislay, i.e., to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
“me days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“without number”
H4557a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
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