Jeremiah 2:32

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

"Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number." - Jeremiah 2:32
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What does Jeremiah 2:32 mean?

Jeremiah 2:32 in the King James Version of the Bible reads, "Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number." This verse is part of a larger passage in the book of Jeremiah where the prophet Jeremiah is delivering a…

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Remembering Our First Love

In the book of Jeremiah, particularly in Jeremiah 2:32, we encounter a poignant question that resonates deeply within the human heart: "Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number." This verse vividly illustrates…

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A Prayer of Remembrance and Restoration

O Eternal Father, Everlasting Creator, as I come before You, I am reminded of the profound truth embedded in the words of Jeremiah 2:32, where it is said, "Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number." Lord, I come…

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Jeremiah 2:32 - "Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number."
Jeremiah 32:2 - "For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house."
Jeremiah 32:26 - "¶ Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,"
Jeremiah 32:6 - "¶ And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"
Jeremiah 32:18
"For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house." - Jeremiah 32:2
Jeremiah 32:38 - "And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:"
Jeremiah 32:1 - "The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar."
"¶ Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying," - Jeremiah 32:26
Jeremiah 32:13 - "¶ And I charged Baruch before them, saying,"
Jeremiah 32:34 - "But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it."
Jeremiah 32:32 - "Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem."
"¶ And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying," - Jeremiah 32:6
Jeremiah 51:32 - "And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted."
Jeremiah 32:10 - "And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances."
Jeremiah 32:27 - "Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?"
"And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:" - Jeremiah 32:38
Jeremiah 52:32 - "And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,"
Jeremiah 32:15 - "For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land."
Jeremiah 32:11 - "So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:"
Jeremiah 36:32 - "¶ Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words."
"¶ And I charged Baruch before them, saying," - Jeremiah 32:13
Jeremiah 32:43 - "And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans."
Jeremiah 32:22 - "And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;"
Jeremiah 32:9 - "And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver."
Jeremiah 32:16 - "¶ Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying,"
Jeremiah 32:39 - "And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:"
Jeremiah 32:28 - "Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:"
Dan 2:32