Jeremiah 2:32

In 11 translations

BSB

Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.

KJV

Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

WEB

“Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.

ASV

Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

LSV

Does a virgin forget her ornaments? A bride her bands? And My people have forgotten Me [for] days without number.

YLT

Doth a virgin forget her ornaments? A bride her bands? And My people have forgotten Me days without number.

DBY

Doth a virgin forget her ornaments, a bride her attire? But my people have forgotten me days without number.

DRC

Will a virgin forget her ornament, or a bride her stomacher? but my people hath forgotten me days without number.

GNV

Can a maid forget her ornament, or a bride her attire? yet my people haue forgotten me, daies without number.

JPS

Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me days without number.

LXXE

Will a bride forget her ornaments, or a virgin her girdle? but my people has forgotten me days without number.

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WLC

הֲתִשְׁכַּ֤ח בְּתוּלָה֙ עֶדְיָ֔הּ כַּלָּ֖ה קִשֻּׁרֶ֑יהָ וְעַמִּ֣י שְׁכֵח֔וּנִי יָמִ֖ים אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר׃

LXX-Br

Μὴ ἐπιλήσεται νύμφη τὸν κόσμον αὐτῆς, καὶ παρθένος τὴν στηθοδεσμίδα αὐτῆς; ὁ δὲ λαός μου ἐπελάθετό μου ἡμέρας ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός.

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• Psalms 106:21They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
• Jeremiah 13:25This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.
• Jeremiah 2:11Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
• Jeremiah 3:21A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverted their ways and forgotten the LORD their God.
• Isaiah 17:10For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—
• Hosea 8:14Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.
• Psalms 9:17The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
• Isaiah 61:10I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride…
• Jeremiah 18:15Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.
• Jeremiah 13:10These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all.
• Revelation 21:2I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
• Ezekiel 22:12In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
• Genesis 24:22And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
• 1 Peter 3:3–5Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes, but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is…
• 2 Samuel 1:24O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.
• Psalms 45:13–14All glorious is the princess in her chamber; her gown is embroidered with gold. In colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.

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