The Consequence of Israel’s Sin
Jeremiah 2:16
In 11 translations
- BSB
- The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.LXX; Hebrew Noph
- KJV
- Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.have…: or, feed on thy crown
- WEB
- The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.
- ASV
- The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of thy head.
- LSV
- Also sons of Noph and Tahapanes || Consume you—the crown of the head!
- YLT
- Also sons of Noph and Tahapanes Consume thee — the crown of the head!
- DBY
- Even the children of Noph and Tahapanes have fed on the crown of thy head.
- DRC
- The children also of Memphis, and of Taphnes have deflowered thee, even to the crown of the head.
- GNV
- Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes haue broken thine head.
- JPS
- The children also of Noph and Tahpanhes feed upon the crown of thy head.
- LXXE
- Also the children of Memphis and Taphnas have known thee, and mocked thee.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Leningrad Codex reads וְתַחְפַּנְֵ֑ס; read aloud (Qere) reads וְתַחְפַּנְחֵ֑ס (“and Tahpanhes”).
- Written (Ketiv): וְתַחְפְּנֵס. Read aloud (Qere): וְתַחְפַּנְחֵ֑ס (“and Tahpanhes”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- גַּם־בְּנֵי־נֹ֖ף ותחפנס יִרְע֖וּךְ קָדְקֹֽד׃Read aloud as (qere): וְתַחְפַּנְחֵ֑ס
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ υἱοὶ Μέμφεως καὶ Τάφνας ἔγνωσάν σε, καὶ κατέπαιζόν σου.
Who and where
📍 Memphis◆ Prophecies of Jeremiah
People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
NophMemphisTahpanhesTahapanesTahpanhes, Tehaphnehes, TahapanesBrokenPateZedekiahChild; ChildrenCrown
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Cross-references most cited first
- Jeremiah 46:14“Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’
- Jeremiah 43:7–9So they entered the land of Egypt because they did not obey the voice of the LORD, and they went as far as Tahpanhes. Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes: “In the sight of the Jews, pick up some…
- Deuteronomy 33:20Concerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head.
- Isaiah 19:13The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.
- Jeremiah 44:1This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in the land of Egypt —in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis —and in the land of Pathros:
- Ezekiel 30:16I will set fire to Egypt, Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be split open, and Memphis will face daily distress.
- Isaiah 30:1–6“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin. They set out to go down to Egypt without asking…
- Isaiah 31:1–3Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD. Yet He…
- Isaiah 8:8It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!
- Jeremiah 46:19Pack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed and uninhabited.
- 2 Kings 23:33And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
- Isaiah 1:6–7From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness— only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil. Your land is desolate; your cities are burned…
- 2 Kings 18:21Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
- Ezekiel 30:13This is what the Lord GOD says: I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince in Egypt, and I will instill fear in that land.
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