Jeremiah 2:16 KJV — MannaFest

Jeremiah 2:16

Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.

KJV

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ASV

The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of thy head.

WEB

The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.

YLT

Also sons of Noph and Tahapanes Consume thee--the crown of the head!

DBT

Even the children of Noph and Tahapanes have fed on the crown of thy head.

About this book

Old Testament

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Jeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.

Author: Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
Date: Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile

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16 verses on the floor

Jeremiah 46:14
Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.
Jeremiah 43:7–9
So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.
Isaiah 19:13
The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.
Deuteronomy 33:20
And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
Jeremiah 44:1
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,

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The principal part of thy country, that which lay next Jerusalem, has been and is a prey to them." How calamitous the condition of Judah had been of late in the reign of Manasseh we find, 2 Chron. xxxiii. 11 , and perhaps it had not now much recovered itself. All this was owing to their sin (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Tahapanes takes its name from a goddess, Tphnet [CHAMPOLLION]. Memphis is from Man-nofri, "the abode of good men"; written in Hebrew, Moph (Ho 9:6), or Noph. The reference is to the coming invasion of Judah by Pharaoh-necho of Egypt, on his return from the Euphrates, when he deposed Jehoahaz and levied a heavy tribute on the land (2Ki 23:33-35).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

JER 2:16JER 44:1 JER 46:14
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
JER 2:16JER 44:1 EXO 14:2
JER 2:16JER 44:1 ISA 11:11
JER 2:16ISA 19:13 EZE 30:13
JER 2:16JER 46:14 JER 46:10
JER 2:16ISA 19:13 ZEC 10:4
JER 2:16JER 46:14 JER 44:1
JER 2:16JER 44:1 ISA 19:13

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