Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Also, the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have cracked your skull. New Living Translation Egyptians, marching from their cities of Memphis and Tahpanhes, have destroyed Israel’s glory and power. English Standard Version Moreover, the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head. Berean Standard Bible The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head. King James Bible Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head. New King James Version Also the people of Noph and Tahpanhes Have broken the crown of your head. New American Standard Bible “Also the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes Have shaved your head. NASB 1995 “Also the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes Have shaved the crown of your head. NASB 1977 “Also the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes Have shaved the crown of your head. Legacy Standard Bible Also the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes Have shaved the top of your head. Amplified Bible “Moreover, the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes [as powerful enemies] Have shaved the crown of your head [to degrade you]. Christian Standard Bible The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have also broken your skull. Holman Christian Standard Bible The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have also broken your skull. American Standard Version The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of thy head. Contemporary English Version Soldiers from the Egyptian towns of Memphis and Tahpanhes have cracked your skulls. English Revised Version The children also of Noph and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of thy head. GOD'S WORD® Translation People from Noph and Tahpanhes have cracked your skulls, Israel. Good News Translation Yes, the people of Memphis and Tahpanhes have cracked his skull. International Standard Version Also, people from Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken your skull. Majority Standard Bible The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head. NET Bible Even the soldiers from Memphis and Tahpanhes have cracked your skulls, people of Israel. New Heart English Bible The people of Memphis and Tahpanhes have also shaved the crown of your head. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAlso sons of Noph and Tahapanes "" Consume you—the crown of the head! Young's Literal Translation Also sons of Noph and Tahapanes Consume thee -- the crown of the head! Smith's Literal Translation Also the sons of Noph and Tahapanes, they will feed thee upon the crown of the head. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe children also of Memphis, and of Taphnes have deflowered thee, even to the crown of the head. Catholic Public Domain Version Likewise, the sons of Memphis and of Tahpanhes have defiled you, even to the top of the head. New American Bible Yes, the people of Memphis and Tahpanhes shave the crown of your head. New Revised Standard Version Moreover, the people of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAlso certain rulers of the inhabitants of Memphis and Tahapanes shall rule over you. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Also the children of Mephes and Takhpis shall govern you head to head OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The children also of Noph and Tahpanhes Feed upon the crown of thy head. Brenton Septuagint Translation Also the children of Memphis and Taphnas have known thee, and mocked thee. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Consequences of Israel's Sin…15The young lions have roared at him; they have growled with a loud voice. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant. 16The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head. 17Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?… Cross References Hosea 7:16 They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt. Isaiah 30:4 For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes, Ezekiel 30:17 The young men of On and Pi-beseth will fall by the sword, and those cities will go into captivity. 2 Kings 23:29 During Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo. Isaiah 31:1 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. Lamentations 5:6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread. Ezekiel 17:15 But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’ Isaiah 19:11-13 The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”? / Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt. / The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray. 2 Chronicles 35:20-24 After all this, when Josiah had set the temple in order, Neco king of Egypt marched up to fight at Carchemish by the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to confront him. / But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What is the issue between you and me, O king of Judah? I have not come against you today, but I am fighting another dynasty, and God has told me to hurry. So stop opposing God, who is with me, or He will destroy you!” / Josiah, however, did not turn away from him; instead, in order to engage him in battle, he disguised himself. He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to fight him on the Plain of Megiddo. ... Isaiah 36:6 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. Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! Acts 7:51-52 You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. / Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers— Luke 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! John 8:44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies. Matthew 21:33-41 Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. / When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit. / But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. ... Treasury of Scripture Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of your head. also the 2 Kings 18:21 Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. 2 Kings 23:33 And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. Isaiah 30:1-6 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: … Noph Jeremiah 46:14,19 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… 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. Ezekiel 30:13,16 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt… Tahapanes 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… 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, 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. have broken the crown. 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. Isaiah 1:6,7 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment… Isaiah 8:8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. Jump to Previous Broken Children Consume Crown Fed Feed Head Memphis Moreover Noph Shame Shaved Tahpanhes Tah'panhesJump to Next Broken Children Consume Crown Fed Feed Head Memphis Moreover Noph Shame Shaved Tahpanhes Tah'panhesJeremiah 2 1. God having shown his former kindness, 5. expostulates with the people on their causeless and unexampled revolt 14. They are the causes of their own calamities 18. The sins and idolatries of Judah 35. Her confidence is rejected. The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes This phrase refers to two significant cities in ancient Egypt. Memphis, known as "Moph" in Hebrew, was a major city and religious center in Lower Egypt, often associated with the worship of the god Ptah. Tahpanhes, also known as "Daphne," was a frontier city in the northeastern part of Egypt. Historically, these cities were known for their political and military influence. The mention of these cities indicates the involvement of Egypt in the affairs of Judah, often as an unreliable ally. In the context of Jeremiah, Egypt represents a false hope for security and deliverance, as the Israelites frequently turned to Egypt for help instead of relying on God. This serves as a reminder of the futility of seeking worldly alliances over divine guidance. have shaved the crown of your head Have broken.--More accurately, shall feed on, lay waste, depasture, so as to produce baldness. Baldness among the Jews, as with other -Eastern nations, was a shame and reproach (Isaiah 3:24; Isaiah 15:2; Isaiah 22:12; 2Kings 2:23), and was therefore a natural symbol of the ignominy and ruin of a people. . . . Verse 16. - Also the children of Noph, etc. This is the climax of the calamity. Noph, called Moph in the Hebrew text of Hosea 9:6, is generally identified with Memphis (after the Septuagint), which was called in the inscriptions Mennufr, or "the good abode," but may possibly be Napata, the Nap of the inscriptions, the residency of the Ethiopian dynasty (De Rouge'). Tahapanes. The Hebrew form is Takhpanes or Tahhpanhhes. This was a fortified frontier town on the Pelusiot arm of the Nile, called in Greek Daphnae (Herod., 2:20), or Taphnae (Septuagint here). Have broken, etc.; rather, shall break, or (for the pointing in the Hebrew Bible requires this change) shall feed off (or depasture). From this verse onwards, Judah is personified as a woman, as appears from the suffixes in the Hebrew. Baldness was a great mark of disgrace (2 Kings 2:23; Jeremiah 48:45). There is a striking parallel to this passage in Isaiah 7:18-20, where, in punishment of the negotiations of Ahaz with Assyria, the prophet threatens an invasion of Judah both by Assyria and by Egypt: and employs the very. same figure (see ver. 20). So here, the devastation threatened by Jeremiah is the punishment of the unhallowed coquetting with the Egyptian power of which the Jewish rulers had been recently guilty. The fact which corresponds to this prediction is the defeat of Josiah at Megiddo, and the consequent subjugation of Judah (2 Kings 23:29). The abruptness with which ver. 16 follows upon ver. 15 suggests that some words have fallen out of the text.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The menבְּנֵי־ (bə·nê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son of Memphis נֹ֖ף (nōp̄) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 5297: Memphis -- a city in Egypt and Tahpanhes וְתַחְפַּנְחֵ֑ס (wə·ṯaḥ·pan·ḥês) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 8471: Tahpanhes -- a city in Egypt have shaved יִרְע֖וּךְ (yir·‘ūḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | second person feminine singular Strong's 7462: To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with the crown of your head. קָדְקֹֽד׃ (qā·ḏə·qōḏ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6936: Head, crown of the head Links Jeremiah 2:16 NIVJeremiah 2:16 NLT Jeremiah 2:16 ESV Jeremiah 2:16 NASB Jeremiah 2:16 KJV Jeremiah 2:16 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 2:16 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 2:16 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 2:16 French Bible Jeremiah 2:16 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 2:16 The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes (Jer.) |
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