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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 2:37 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 2:37 |
Strong Concordance |
Yea, thou shalt go forth [03318] from him, and thine hands [03027] upon thine head [07218]: for the LORD [03068] hath rejected [03988] thy confidences [04009], and thou shalt not prosper [06743] in them. |
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King James |
Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
him--Egypt.
hands upon . . . head--expressive of mourning (Sa2 13:19).
in them--in those stays in which thou trustest.
Contrary to all precedent in the case of adultery, Jehovah offers a return to Judah, the spiritual adulteress (Jer 3:1-5). A new portion of the book, ending with the sixth chapter. Judah worse than Israel; yet both shall be restored in the last days (Jer. 3:6-25). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
From him - From it, from this Egypt, which though fem. as a land, yet as a people may be used as a masc. (compare Jer 46:8). Now that Nineveh is trembling before the armies of Cyaxares and Nabopalassar, thou hastenest to Egypt, hoping to rest upon her strength: but thou shalt retrace thy steps, with thy hands clasped upon thy head, disgraced and discarded.
Confidences - Those in whom thou confidest.
In them - literally, "with respect to them." |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Also from this, i.e., Egypt, shalt thou go away (come back), thy hands upon thy head, i.e., beating them on thy head in grief and dismay (cf. for this gesture Sa2 13:19). זה refers to Egypt, thought of as a people as in Jer 46:8; Isa 19:16, Isa 19:25; and thus is removed Hitz.'s objection, that in that case we must have מבטחים .זאת, objects of confidence. The expression refers equally to Egypt and to Assyria. As God has broken the power of Assyria, so will He also overthrow Egypt's might, thus making all trust in it a shame. להם, in reference to them. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Yea - All the help thou canst procure shall not prevent thy captivity, but from hence thou shalt go. Thy hands - An usual posture of mourning. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head - Thou shalt find all thy confidence in vain, - thy hope disappointed; - and thy state reduced to desperation. The hand being placed on the head was the evidence of deep sorrow, occasioned by utter desolation. See the case of Tamar, when ruined and abandoned by her brother Amnon, Sa2 13:19.
Thou shalt not prosper in them - They shall all turn to thy disadvantage; and this as we shall see in the history of this people, was literally fulfilled. O what a grievous and bitter thing it is to sin against the Lord, and have him for an enemy! |
1 They say [0559], If a man [0376] put away [07971] his wife [0802], and she go [01980] from him, and become another [0312] man's [0376], shall he return unto her again [07725]? shall not that land [0776] be greatly [02610] polluted [02610]? but thou hast played the harlot [02181] with many [07227] lovers [07453]; yet return again [07725] to me, saith [05002] the LORD [03068].
2 Lift up [05375] thine eyes [05869] unto the high places [08205], and see [07200] where [0375] thou hast not been lien [07693] [07901] with. In the ways [01870] hast thou sat [03427] for them, as the Arabian [06163] in the wilderness [04057]; and thou hast polluted [02610] the land [0776] with thy whoredoms [02184] and with thy wickedness [07451].
3 Therefore the showers [07241] have been withholden [04513], and there hath been no latter rain [04456]; and thou hadst a whore's [02181] [0802] forehead [04696], thou refusedst [03985] to be ashamed [03637].
4 Wilt thou not from this time cry [07121] unto me, My father [01], thou art the guide [0441] of my youth [05271]?
5 Will he reserve [05201] his anger for ever [05769]? will he keep [08104] it to the end [05331]? Behold, thou hast spoken [01696] and done [06213] evil things [07451] as thou couldest [03201].
19 And Tamar [08559] put [03947] ashes [0665] on her head [07218], and rent [07167] her garment [03801] of divers colours [06446] that was on her, and laid [07760] her hand [03027] on her head [07218], and went [03212] on [01980] crying [02199].
8 Egypt [04714] riseth up [05927] like a flood [02975], and his waters [04325] are moved [01607] like the rivers [05104]; and he saith [0559], I will go up [05927], and will cover [03680] the earth [0776]; I will destroy [06] the city [05892] and the inhabitants [03427] thereof.
25 Whom the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] shall bless [01288], saying [0559], Blessed [01288] be Egypt [04714] my people [05971], and Assyria [0804] the work [04639] of my hands [03027], and Israel [03478] mine inheritance [05159].
16 In that day [03117] shall Egypt [04714] be like unto women [0802]: and it shall be afraid [02729] and fear [06342] because [06440] of the shaking [08573] of the hand [03027] of the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], which he shaketh [05130] over it.
8 Egypt [04714] riseth up [05927] like a flood [02975], and his waters [04325] are moved [01607] like the rivers [05104]; and he saith [0559], I will go up [05927], and will cover [03680] the earth [0776]; I will destroy [06] the city [05892] and the inhabitants [03427] thereof.
19 And Tamar [08559] put [03947] ashes [0665] on her head [07218], and rent [07167] her garment [03801] of divers colours [06446] that was on her, and laid [07760] her hand [03027] on her head [07218], and went [03212] on [01980] crying [02199].
19 And Tamar [08559] put [03947] ashes [0665] on her head [07218], and rent [07167] her garment [03801] of divers colours [06446] that was on her, and laid [07760] her hand [03027] on her head [07218], and went [03212] on [01980] crying [02199].