Jeremiah 2:16

Jeremiah chapter 2 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

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

v.15The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.

v.16This passage

v.17Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, when he led thee by the way?

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Jeremiah 43:7
And they came into the land of Egypt; for they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah: and they came unto Tahpanhes.
Isaiah 31:1
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek Jehovah!
Deuteronomy 33:20
And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: He dwelleth as a lioness, And teareth the arm, yea, the crown of the head.
Isaiah 19:13
The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Memphis are deceived; they have caused Egypt to go astray, that are the corner-stone of her tribes.
Jeremiah 46:19
O thou daughter that dwellest in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity; for Memphis shall become a desolation, and shall be burnt up, without inhabitant.
Isaiah 30:1
Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, that take counsel, but not of me; and that make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,