Jeremiah 2:32

Amplified Bible

"Can a virgin forget [to wear] her ornaments, Or a bride her attire [that identifies her as a married woman]? Yet My people have forgotten Me Days without number.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Can a young woman forget her jewelryor a bride her wedding sash?Yet my people have forgotten mefor countless days.

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

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

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

New American Standard Bible
"Can a virgin forget her jewelry, Or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me For days without number.

New Century Version
A young woman does not forget her jewelry, and a bride does not forget the decorations for her dress. But my people have forgotten me for more days than can be counted.

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

Geneva Bible (1587)
Can a maid forget her ornament, or a bride her attire? yet my people haue forgotten me, daies without number.

Legacy Standard Bible
Can a virgin forget her ornaments,Or a bride her attire?Yet My people have forgotten MeDays without number.

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

Contemporary English Version
A bride could not forget to wear her jewelry to her wedding, but you have forgotten me day after day.

Complete Jewish Bible
Does a girl forget her jewellery, or a bride her wedding sash? Yet my people have forgotten me, days beyond numbering.

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

Easy-to-Read Version
A young woman does not forget her jewelry. A bride does not forget to wear her wedding dress. But my people have forgotten me too many times to count.

George Lamsa Translation
Can a maid forget her ornaments or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

Good News Translation
Does a young woman forget her jewelry, or a bride her wedding dress? But my people have forgotten me for more days than can be counted.

Lexham English Bible
Can a young woman forget her ornaments? Or a bride her sashes? Yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

Literal Translation
Can a virgin forget her finery, a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me days without number.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Doth a mayden forget hir raymet, or a bryde hir stomacher? And doth my people forget me so loge?

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

Bible in Basic English
Is it possible for a virgin to put out of her memory her ornaments, or a bride her robes? but my people have put me out of their memories for unnumbered days.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me days without number.

King James Version (1611)
Can a maide forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people haue forgotten me dayes without number.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Doth a mayde forget her rayment, or a bride her stomacher? but my people hath forgotten me a very long whyle.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Will a bride forget her ornaments, or a virgin her girdle? but my people has forgotten me days without number.

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whethir a virgyn schal foryete hir ournement? and a spousesse `schal foryete hir brest girdil? But mi puple hath foryete me bi daies with out noumbre.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
Can a maid forget her ornaments, [or] a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

New English Translation
Does a young woman forget to put on her jewels? Does a bride forget to put on her bridal attire? But my people have forgotten me for more days than can even be counted.

New King James Version
Can a virgin forget her ornaments, Or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me days without number.

New Living Translation
Does a young woman forget her jewelry, or a bride her wedding dress? Yet for years on end my people have forgotten me.

New Life Bible
Can a young woman forget the beautiful objects she wears? Can a bride forget her clothing? Yet My people have forgotten Me too many days to number.

New Revised Standard
Can a girl forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me, days without number.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Can, a virgin, forget, her ornaments, - A bride, her girdle? Yet, my people, have forgotten me, days without number.

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

Revised Standard Version
Can a maiden forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

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

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Can a virgin forget her ornaments, Or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me Days without number.

Contextual Overview

²⁹"Why do you complain and contend with Me? You have all rebelled (transgressed) against Me," says the LORD. ³⁰"In vain I have punished your people [with the consequences of their disobedience]; They received no insight from correction [and refused to change]. Your [own] sword has devoured your prophets Like a destroying lion. ³¹"O generation [that you are], consider and regard carefully the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel [like a land without food], A land of thick and deep darkness [like a path without light]? Why do My people say, 'We [have broken loose and we] are free to roam [at will]; We will no longer come to You'? ³²"Can a virgin forget [to wear] her ornaments, Or a bride her attire [that identifies her as a married woman]? Yet My people have forgotten Me Days without number.³³"How well you prepare your path To seek and obtain [adulterous] love! Even the most wicked of women Have learned [indecent] ways from you. ³⁴"Also on your skirts is found The lifeblood of the innocent poor; You did not find them breaking in [a house]. But in spite of all these things [your disobedience, your love of idolatry, your lack of compassion]— ³⁵Yet you keep saying, 'I am innocent; Surely His anger has turned away from me.' Behold (listen very carefully), I will bring you to judgment and will plead my case against you Because you say, 'I have not sinned.' ³⁶"Why do you go around and wander so much Changing your way? Also, you will be shamed by Egypt As you were shamed by Assyria. ³⁷"From Egypt also you will come away [as captives] With your hands on your head; For the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust (confide), And you will not be successful with them."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a maid: Jeremiah 2:11, Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:53, 2 Samuel 1:24, Psalms 45:13, Psalms 45:14, Isaiah 61:10, Ezekiel 16:10-13, 1 Peter 3:3-5, Revelation 21:2

yet my people: Jeremiah 3:21, Jeremiah 13:10, Jeremiah 13:25, Jeremiah 18:15, Psalms 9:17, Psalms 106:21, Isaiah 17:10, Ezekiel 22:12, Hosea 8:14

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 6:11 - when thou Deuteronomy 32:18 - forgotten Judges 8:34 - remembered 1 Samuel 12:9 - forgat Psalms 44:17 - yet Psalms 50:22 - forget Psalms 78:11 - General Psalms 103:2 - forget not Isaiah 43:22 - thou hast been Isaiah 49:18 - as a bride Isaiah 51:13 - forgettest Isaiah 57:11 - and hast Jeremiah 2:13 - For my Jeremiah 8:5 - slidden Jeremiah 50:6 - have forgotten Ezekiel 14:5 - estranged Ezekiel 16:43 - thou hast Ezekiel 23:35 - Because Hosea 2:13 - forgat Hosea 13:6 - therefore 1 Timothy 2:9 - not

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Can a maid forget her ornaments,.... Which she has provided for her wedding day, and is then to wear, and which may be the next; such as ear rings, bracelets, and jewels, which are never out of her mind, and can scarce sleep for thinking of them, how richly she shall be adorned with them; wherefore it follows:

or a bride her attire? or, "her bindings" o; her knots about her head or breast. The word is rendered "head bands" in Isaiah 3:20 and here, by the Septuagint version, "her stomacher"; set with sparkling precious stones; see Isaiah 61:10, these things her heart being set upon, and priding herself with, cannot be forgotten by her, at least not long:

yet, my people have forgotten me days without number; which shows great stupidity and ingratitude; the Lord not being so much to them, from whom they had received so many favours, as the ornaments of a maid, and the attire of a bride, are to them.

o קשוריה "fasciae suae", Tigurine version; "ligaminum suorum", Munster, Calvin; "ligamentorum suorum", Piscator.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A bride treasures all her life the girdle, which first indicated that she was a married woman, just as brides now treasure the wedding ring; but Israel, Yahweh’s bride Jeremiah 2:2, cherishes no fond memorials of past affection.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 2:32. Can a maid forget her ornaments — This people has not so much attachment to me as young females have to their dress and ornaments. They never forget them; and even when arrived at old age, look with pleasure on the dress and ornaments which they have worn in their youth.

Days without number. — That is, for many years; during the whole reign of Manasses, which was fifty-five years, the land was deluged with idolatry, from which the reform by good King Josiah his grandson had not yet purified it.