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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 a...
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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...
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CHAPTER S 2:1-3:5
Expostulation and Impeachment
_ 1. His love and kindness to Jerusalem (Jeremiah 2:1) _
2. The unfaithful people (Jeremiah 2:4)
3. The two evils and the results (Jeremiah 2:12)...
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THE DESERVED PUNISHMENT. Israel's sorrows are well deserved, for
Yahweh's love has been forgotten. In spite of wrong-doing, there is no
penitence for sin. The help of Egypt will be as futile as that o...
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Israel's disregard of Jehovah's past favours
31. _O generation, see ye_ O GENERATION THAT YE ARE, SEE.
_a wilderness_ Have I been like a place where ye lacked sustenance?
Not so. Cp. Hosea 2:8.
_thi...
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_attire sash_, and so rendered by R.V. in Isaiah 3:20. The exact
meaning is unknown, but it was plainly an indispensable part of a
bride's costume....
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DISCOURSE: 1031
GOD’S COMPLAINT AGAINST THE REBELLIOUS
Jeremiah 2:31. _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...
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E. Pungent Argument Jeremiah 2:29-37
TRANSLATION
(29) Why do you continue to complain to Me? All of you have
transgressed against Me (oracle of the LORD). (30) In vain I have
smitten your sons; they...
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Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people
have forgotten me days without number.
CAN A MAID FORGET - Oriental females greatly pride themselves on
their ornaments (cf. ,...
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JEREMIAH'S SECOND PROPHECY (2:1-3:5)
The prophet expostulates with Israel because of their unfaithfulness
to Jehovah.
1-13. Under the figure of the marriage relation Jehovah reminds the
people of Hi...
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הֲ תִשְׁכַּ֤ח בְּתוּלָה֙ עֶדְיָ֔הּ
כַּלָּ֖ה קִשֻּׁרֶ֑יהָ...
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CHAPTER II
THE TRUST IN THE SHADOW OF EGYPT
Jeremiah 2:1; Jeremiah 3:1
THE first of the prophet's public addresses is, in fact, a sermon
which proceeds from an exposure of national sin to the menace...
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The first movement in commissioning the called man now commences. He
was commanded to utter a great impeachment in the ears of Jerusalem.
This impeachment was threefold. It first declared how Israel h...
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Never surely, was there afforded a more lively instance of the
gracious purpose of God's unalterable love to his people, than what
this Chapter affords, from beginning to end. The Lord sends the
Proph...
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God here confirms what is said in the last verse, and would make his
people ashamed, because they valued him less than girls are wont to
value their ornaments. The necklaces of young women are indeed...
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Chapter 2 contains a most touching appeal to the people at Jerusalem.
It requires no explanation, but deserves the heart's serious
attention. It testifies in the most striking manner to the kindness
a...
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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 mi...
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Can a maid forget her ornaments, [or] a bride her attire? yet my
people have forgotten me days without number.
Ver. 32. _Can a maid forget her ornaments?_] Not lightly or easily, as
minding them many...
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Jer. 2:32. "Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire?
yet my people have forgotten me days without number." For our holiness
is all the righteousness of God, all the beauty of the soul i...
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_O generation_ O wicked generation; _see ye the word of the Lord_
Consider what I say to you from the mouth of God. _Have I been a
wilderness unto Israel?_ Have ye not been plentifully provided for by...
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Can a maid forget her ornaments or a bride her attire? the precious
girdle with which she adorned herself on her wedding-day. YET MY
PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN ME DAYS WITHOUT NUMBER. Israel should have cl...
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THE GUILT ESTABLISHED...
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29-37 The nation had not been wrought upon by the judgements of God,
but sought to justify themselves. The world is, to those who make it
their home and their portion, a wilderness and a land of dark...
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CAN A MAID FORGET HER ORNAMENTS? how seldom is it, and how unlikely,
that a maid should forget her ornaments! OR A BRIDE HER ATTIRE?
whether it belongs to the head, or the breast, or arms, whether
bra...
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Jeremiah 2:32 virgin H1330 forget H7911 (H8799) ornaments H5716 bride
H3618 attire H7196 people H5971 forgotten H7911
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YHWH CHALLENGES HIS PEOPLE TO EXPLAIN WHY THEY ARE BEHAVING AS THEY
ARE (JEREMIAH 2:29).
YHWH now asks them why they are troubling Him with arguments in their
favour when all they had previously done...
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Jeremiah 2:20. For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy
bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high
hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the har...
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CONTENTS: First message to backslidden Judah concerning their
ingratitude to God and wickedness against Him.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: It is a great affront to God to neglect Him and for...
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Jeremiah 2:2. _I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth._ God now
addressed them, that he might do the same to the children as he had
done to the fathers, and rejoice over them as the bridegroom rej...
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_Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire?_
yet My people have forgotten Me.
THE BRIDE AND HER ORNAMENTS: THE SIN OF FORGETTING GOD
It is a clear proof of the great love of God to His...
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_Have I been a wilderness unto Israel?_
DIVINE QUESTIONS
The people were required to answer two questions: “Have I been a
wilderness unto Israel? have I been a land of darkness unto Israel?”
Speak ou...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY. Most probably in
thirteenth Josiah, quickly after his call. Dr. Dahler (Stratsbourg)
would interpose Chapter s 4, 5, 6; deferring this chapter till after...
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EXPOSITION
The second chapter forms the introduction of a group of discourses
(Jeremiah 2-6), which should be read together. It is called By Ewald
(and the position of the prophecy favors this view) t...
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Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Go and cry in the
ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD (Jeremiah 2:1-2);
Now this is the first message that he has to deliver. As God is
cal...
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1 Peter 3:3; 2 Samuel 1:24; Ezekiel 16:10; Ezekiel 22:12; Genesi
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A maid — How unlikely is it, that a maid should forget her
ornaments? A bride — Those jewels which the bridegroom was wont to
present his bride with. Forgotten — In the neglect of my worship;
me, who...