Jeremiah 2:32

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲתִשְׁכַּ֤ח בְּתוּלָה֙ עֶדְיָ֔הּ כַּלָּ֖ה קִשֻּׁרֶ֑יהָ וְעַמִּ֣י שְׁכֵח֔וּנִי יָמִ֖ים אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר׃

Transliteration

hătiškaḥ bətûlāh ʿedyāh kallāh qiššurêhā wəʿammî šəkēḥûnî yāmîm ʾên mispār

Grammar Details

*hătiškaḥ*: interrogative + imperfect Qal, 3rd feminine singular - does she forget
*bətûlāh*: feminine singular noun - virgin/maiden
*ʿedyāh*: masculine plural noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her ornaments/jewelry
*kallāh*: feminine singular noun - bride
*qiššurêhā*: masculine plural noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her sashes/bands/attire
*wəʿammî*: conjunction + masculine singular noun with 1st singular suffix - yet my people
*šəkēḥûnî*: perfect Qal, 3rd common plural with 1st singular suffix - they have forgotten me
*yāmîm*: masculine plural noun - days
*ʾên*: particle of non-existence - without
*mispār*: masculine singular noun - number/count

Word Meanings

*tiškaḥ*: does she forget/does she neglect
*bətûlāh*: virgin/maiden/young woman
*ʿedyāh*: her ornaments/jewelry/adornments
*kallāh*: bride/daughter-in-law
*qiššurêhā*: her sashes/bands/ribbons/bridal attire
*šəkēḥûnî*: they have forgotten me/they have neglected me
*ʾên mispār*: without number/countless/innumerable

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Referenced Verses

Ps 106:21 : 21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
Jer 3:21 : 21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
Ps 9:17 : 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
Jer 13:25 : 25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
Isa 17:10 : 10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
Isa 61:10 : 10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Jer 2:11 : 11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
Hos 8:14 : 14 For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
Jer 18:15 : 15 Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
Ezek 16:10-13 : 10 I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk. 11 I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck. 12 And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head. 13 Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.
Ezek 22:12 : 12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
Ps 45:13-14 : 13 The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. 14 She shall be brought{H8714)} unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought{H8716)} unto thee.
Jer 13:10 : 10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.
Gen 24:22 : 22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
Gen 24:30 : 30 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
Gen 24:53 : 53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
2 Sam 1:24 : 24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
1 Pet 3:3-5 : 3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. 5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
Rev 21:2 : 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

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