Jeremiah 2:16 “The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.”

Jeremiah 2:16

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes haue broken thine head.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

Even the children of Noph and Tahpanhes have put shame on you.

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Cross references

“Also the”

2 Kings 18:21 2 Kings 23:33 Isaiah 30:1–6 Isaiah 31:1–3

2 Kings 18:21 · BSB

Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

2 Kings 23:33 · BSB

And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

Isaiah 30:1–6 · BSB

“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.

Isaiah 31:1–3 · BSB

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.

“Noph”

Jeremiah 46:14 Isaiah 19:13 Ezekiel 30:16 Jeremiah 46:19 Ezekiel 30:13

Jeremiah 46:14 · BSB

“Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’

Isaiah 19:13 · BSB

The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.

Ezekiel 30:16 · BSB

I will set fire to Egypt, Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be split open, and Memphis will face daily distress.

Jeremiah 46:19 · BSB

Pack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed and uninhabited.

Ezekiel 30:13 · BSB

This is what the Lord GOD says: I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince in Egypt, and I will instill fear in that land.

“Tahapanes”

Jeremiah 43:7–9 Jeremiah 44:1

Jeremiah 43:7–9 · BSB

So they entered the land of Egypt because they did not obey the voice of the LORD, and they went as far as Tahpanhes.

Jeremiah 44:1 · BSB

This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in the land of Egypt —in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis —and in the land of Pathros:

“have broken the crown”

Deuteronomy 33:20 Isaiah 8:8 Isaiah 1:6 Isaiah 1:7

Deuteronomy 33:20 · BSB

Concerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head.

Isaiah 8:8 · BSB

It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!

Isaiah 1:6 · BSB

From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness— only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.

Isaiah 1:7 · BSB

Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you— a desolation demolished by strangers.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15The young lions have roared at him; they have sounded their voices. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.

17Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?

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