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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/2.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/jeremiah/2.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Also, the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have cracked your skull.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Egyptians, marching from their cities of Memphis and Tahpanhes, have destroyed Israel’s glory and power.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Moreover, the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Also the people of Noph and Tahpanhes Have broken the crown of your head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Also the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes Have shaved your head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Also the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes Have shaved the crown of your head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Also the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes Have shaved the crown of your head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Also the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes Have shaved the top of your head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Moreover, the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes [as powerful enemies] Have shaved the crown of your head [to degrade you].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have also broken your skull.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have also broken your skull. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of thy head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Soldiers from the Egyptian towns of Memphis and Tahpanhes have cracked your skulls. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The children also of Noph and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of thy head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />People from Noph and Tahpanhes have cracked your skulls, Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Yes, the people of Memphis and Tahpanhes have cracked his skull. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Also, people from Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken your skull.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Even the soldiers from Memphis and Tahpanhes have cracked your skulls, people of Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The people of Memphis and Tahpanhes have also shaved the crown of your head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Also sons of Noph and Tahapanes "" Consume you—the crown of the head!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Also sons of Noph and Tahapanes Consume thee -- the crown of the head!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Also the sons of Noph and Tahapanes, they will feed thee upon the crown of the head.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The children also of Memphis, and of Taphnes have deflowered thee, even to the crown of the head. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Likewise, the sons of Memphis and of Tahpanhes have defiled you, even to the top of the head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Yes, the people of Memphis and Tahpanhes shave the crown of your head. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Moreover, the people of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Also certain rulers of the inhabitants of Memphis and Tahapanes shall rule over you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Also the children of Mephes and Takhpis shall govern you head to head<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The children also of Noph and Tahpanhes Feed upon the crown of thy head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Also the children of Memphis and Taphnas have known thee, and mocked thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/2-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=381" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/2.htm">The Consequences of Israel's Sin</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">15</span>The 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. <span class="reftext">16</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê- (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">The men</a> <a href="/hebrew/5297.htm" title="5297: nōp̄ (N-proper-fs) -- A city in Eg. (the same as NH4644). A variation of Moph; Noph, the capital of Upper Egypt.">of Memphis</a> <a href="/hebrew/8471.htm" title="8471: wə·ṯaḥ·pə·nēs (Conj-w:: N-proper-fs) -- Or Tchaphnchec; or Tachpnec; of Egyptian derivation; Tachpanches, Techaphneches or Tachpenes, a place in Egypt.">and Tahpanhes</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/7462.htm" title="7462: yir·‘ūḵ (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp:: 2fs) -- A primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. Pasture it; intransitively, to graze; generally to rule; by extension, to associate with.">have shaved</a> <a href="/hebrew/6936.htm" title="6936: qā·ḏə·qōḏ (N-ms) -- Head, crown of the head. From qadad; the crown of the head.">the crown of your head.</a> </span><span class="reftext">17</span>Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/7-16.htm">Hosea 7:16</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-4.htm">Isaiah 30:4</a></span><br />For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/30-17.htm">Ezekiel 30:17</a></span><br />The young men of On and Pi-beseth will fall by the sword, and those cities will go into captivity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-29.htm">2 Kings 23:29</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/31-1.htm">Isaiah 31:1</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/5-6.htm">Lamentations 5:6</a></span><br />We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/17-15.htm">Ezekiel 17:15</a></span><br />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?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/19-11.htm">Isaiah 19:11-13</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-20.htm">2 Chronicles 35:20-24</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/36-6.htm">Isaiah 36:6</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a></span><br />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!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51-52</a></span><br />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—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34</a></span><br />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!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/8-44.htm">John 8:44</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-33.htm">Matthew 21:33-41</a></span><br />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. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of your head.</p><p class="hdg">also the</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/18-21.htm">2 Kings 18:21</a></b></br> Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, <i>even</i> upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so <i>is</i> Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/23-33.htm">2 Kings 23:33</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/30-1.htm">Isaiah 30:1-6</a></b></br> 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: … </p><p class="hdg">Noph</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/46-14.htm">Jeremiah 46:14,19</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/19-13.htm">Isaiah 19:13</a></b></br> The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, <i>even they that are</i> the stay of the tribes thereof.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/30-13.htm">Ezekiel 30:13,16</a></b></br> Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause <i>their</i> 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… </p><p class="hdg">Tahapanes</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/43-7.htm">Jeremiah 43:7-9</a></b></br> So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came they <i>even</i> to Tahpanhes… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/44-1.htm">Jeremiah 44:1</a></b></br> 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,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/46-14.htm">Jeremiah 46:14</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="hdg">have broken the crown.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/33-20.htm">Deuteronomy 33:20</a></b></br> And of Gad he said, Blessed <i>be</i> he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/1-6.htm">Isaiah 1:6,7</a></b></br> From the sole of the foot even unto the head <i>there is</i> no soundness in it; <i>but</i> wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/8-8.htm">Isaiah 8:8</a></b></br> And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach <i>even</i> to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-9.htm">Children</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-6.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-3.htm">Crown</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-5.htm">Fed</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-25.htm">Feed</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-17.htm">Head</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-13.htm">Memphis</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-1.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-13.htm">Noph</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-5.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-2.htm">Shaved</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-18.htm">Tahpanhes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-14.htm">Tah'panhes</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-30.htm">Children</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-14.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-29.htm">Crown</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-15.htm">Fed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-15.htm">Feed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-37.htm">Head</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-1.htm">Memphis</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-1.htm">Noph</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-26.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/jeremiah/41-5.htm">Shaved</a> <a href="/jeremiah/43-7.htm">Tahpanhes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/43-7.htm">Tah'panhes</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-1.htm">God having shown his former kindness, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-5.htm">expostulates with the people on their causeless and unexampled revolt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-14.htm">They are the causes of their own calamities</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-18.htm">The sins and idolatries of Judah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Her confidence is rejected.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Memphis, known as the capital of Lower Egypt, was a major political and religious center. Tahpanhes, also known as Daphnae, was a frontier city in the eastern Nile Delta. These cities represent Egypt's power and influence. Historically, Egypt was often a place of refuge for Israelites, but also a source of oppression and idolatry. The mention of these cities highlights the political alliances and dependencies that Israel formed, often contrary to God's commands to rely solely on Him.<p><b>have shaved the crown of your head.</b><br>Shaving the crown of the head is a metaphor for humiliation and disgrace. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, shaving the head was a sign of mourning or subjugation. This imagery suggests that Israel, by relying on Egypt, has subjected itself to shame and loss of dignity. Biblically, this act symbolizes the loss of glory and strength, as seen in the story of Samson (<a href="/judges/16-17.htm">Judges 16:17-19</a>). The phrase underscores the consequences of Israel's unfaithfulness and reliance on foreign powers instead of trusting in God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/memphis.htm">Memphis</a></b><br>An ancient city in Egypt, known for its significance as a political and religious center. It represents foreign powers that have influenced or oppressed Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/tahpanhes.htm">Tahpanhes</a></b><br>Another city in Egypt, often associated with the presence of Jewish refugees and political intrigue. It symbolizes the reliance on foreign alliances rather than trusting in God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_men_of_memphis_and_tahpanhes.htm">The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes</a></b><br>These represent the foreign nations and their leaders who have exerted influence over Israel, leading to its spiritual and political downfall.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/shaving_the_crown_of_your_head.htm">Shaving the crown of your head</a></b><br>A metaphor for humiliation and defeat. In ancient cultures, shaving the head was often a sign of mourning or subjugation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/r/reliance_on_god_over_human_alliances.htm">Reliance on God Over Human Alliances</a></b><br>The Israelites' reliance on Egypt symbolizes a broader spiritual issue: trusting in human strength rather than God. Believers today are called to place their trust in God rather than worldly powers or solutions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_spiritual_unfaithfulness.htm">Consequences of Spiritual Unfaithfulness</a></b><br>Just as Israel faced humiliation and defeat due to their alliances, Christians are reminded that turning away from God leads to spiritual and sometimes physical consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_discernment.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Discernment</a></b><br>The Israelites failed to discern the dangers of their alliances. Christians are encouraged to seek wisdom and discernment through prayer and Scripture to avoid similar pitfalls.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/humility_and_repentance.htm">Humility and Repentance</a></b><br>The imagery of a shaved head calls for humility and repentance. Believers are urged to humble themselves before God, acknowledging their need for His guidance and forgiveness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/learning_from_past_mistakes.htm">Learning from Past Mistakes</a></b><br>The historical context of Israel's alliances serves as a lesson for modern believers to learn from past mistakes and to remain faithful to God's covenant.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_jer._16_2_align_with_'be_fruitful'.htm">Jeremiah 16:2 forbids Jeremiah from marrying or having children--how does this reconcile with earlier Biblical commands to 'be fruitful and multiply'?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_jeremiah_in_egypt_and_judah.htm">How can we reconcile Jeremiah's presence in Egypt with traditions that he remained in Judah (Jer 43:6-7)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/where's_proof_of_egypt_exiles'_fate.htm">Where is the archaeological evidence that all exiles in Egypt faced the disastrous fate prophesied in Jeremiah 44:12-14?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/could_an_8-year-old_lead_and_reform.htm">(2 Chronicles 34:1) How plausible is it that an eight-year-old could rule a nation and initiate extensive reforms?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) <span class= "bld">Also the children of Noph . . .</span>--We pass from the language of poetry to that of history, and the actual enemies of Israel appear on the scene, not as the threatening danger in the north, but in the far south. The words indicate that the prophet set himself from the first, as Isaiah had done (<a href="/isaiah/31-1.htm" title="Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not to the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!">Isaiah 31:1</a>), against the policy of an Egyptian alliance. The LXX. translators, following, we must believe, an Egyptian tradition, identify the Hebrew Noph with Memphis in northern Egypt; later critics, with Napata in the south. Its conjunction with Tahapanes, the Daphnae of the Greeks, which was on the Pelusiac mouth of the Nile, and on the frontier, seems in favour of the former view.<p><span class= "bld">Have broken.</span>--More accurately, <span class= "ital">shall feed on, lay waste, depasture, </span>so as to produce baldness. Baldness among the Jews, as with other -Eastern nations, was a shame and reproach (<a href="/isaiah/3-24.htm" title="And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.">Isaiah 3:24</a>; <a href="/isaiah/15-2.htm" title="He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.">Isaiah 15:2</a>; <a href="/isaiah/22-12.htm" title="And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:">Isaiah 22:12</a>; <a href="/2_kings/2-23.htm" title="And he went up from there to Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, you bald head; go up, you bald head.">2Kings 2:23</a>), and was therefore a natural symbol of the ignominy and ruin of a people. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 16.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Also the children of Noph</span>, <span class="accented">etc</span>. This is the climax of the calamity. Noph, called Moph in the Hebrew text of <a href="/hosea/9-6.htm">Hosea 9:6</a>, 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'). <span class="cmt_word">Tahapanes</span>. The Hebrew form is <span class="accented">Takhpanes</span> or <span class="accented">Tahhpanhhes</span>. This was a fortified frontier town on the Pelusiot arm of the Nile, called in Greek Daphnae (Herod., 2:20), or Taphnae (Septuagint here). <span class="cmt_word">Have broken,</span> etc.; rather, <span class="accented">shall break</span>, or (for the pointing in the Hebrew Bible requires this change) <span class="accented">shall feed off</span> (or <span class="accented">depasture</span>). 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 (<a href="/2_kings/2-23.htm">2 Kings 2:23</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/48-45.htm">Jeremiah 48:45</a>). There is a striking parallel to this passage in <a href="/isaiah/7-18.htm">Isaiah 7:18-20</a>, 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 (<a href="/2_kings/23-29.htm">2 Kings 23:29</a>). The abruptness with which ver. 16 follows upon ver. 15 suggests that some words have fallen out of the text. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/2-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The men</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵי־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Memphis</span><br /><span class="heb">נֹ֖ף</span> <span class="translit">(nōp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5297.htm">Strong's 5297: </a> </span><span class="str2">Memphis -- a city in Egypt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Tahpanhes</span><br /><span class="heb">וְתַחְפַּנְחֵ֑ס</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṯaḥ·pan·ḥês)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8471.htm">Strong's 8471: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tahpanhes -- a city in Egypt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have shaved</span><br /><span class="heb">יִרְע֖וּךְ</span> <span class="translit">(yir·‘ūḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7462.htm">Strong's 7462: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the crown of your head.</span><br /><span class="heb">קָדְקֹֽד׃</span> <span class="translit">(qā·ḏə·qōḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6936.htm">Strong's 6936: </a> </span><span class="str2">Head, crown of the head</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/2-16.htm">Jeremiah 2:16 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/2-16.htm">Jeremiah 2:16 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/2-16.htm">Jeremiah 2:16 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/2-16.htm">Jeremiah 2:16 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/2-16.htm">Jeremiah 2:16 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/2-16.htm">Jeremiah 2:16 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/2-16.htm">Jeremiah 2:16 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/2-16.htm">Jeremiah 2:16 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/2-16.htm">Jeremiah 2:16 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/2-16.htm">Jeremiah 2:16 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/2-16.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 2:16 The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/2-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 2:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 2:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/2-17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 2:17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 2:17" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>