Jeremiah 2:37

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35 ^aYet you say, ‘Because I am innocent,
Surely His anger shall turn from me.’
Behold, ^bI will plead My case against you,
^cBecause you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

36 ^aWhy do you gad about so much to change your way?
Also ^byou shall be ashamed of Egypt ^cas you were ashamed of Assyria.

37 Indeed you will go forth from him
With your hands on ^ayour head;
For the Lord has rejected your trusted allies,
And you will ^bnot prosper by them.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Jeremiah 2:37

Thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head - Thou shalt find all thy confidence in vain, - thy hope disappointed; - and thy state reduced to desperation. The hand being placed on the head was the evidence of deep sorrow, occasioned by utter desolation. See the case of Tamar, when ruined and abandoned by her brother Amnon, II Samuel 13:19.

Thou shalt not prosper in them - They shall all turn to thy disadvantage; and this as we shall see in the history of this people, was literally fulfilled. O what a grievous and bitter thing it is to sin against the Lord, and have him for an enemy!

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