Jeremia 2:37

Lutherbibel

Denn du mußt von dort auch wegziehen und deine Hände über dem Haupt zusammenschlagen; denn der Herr wird deine Hoffnung trügen lassen, und nichts wird dir bei ihnen gelingen.

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Auch von dort wirst du abziehen müssen, die Hände auf dem Kopf; denn der Herr hat die verworfen, auf welche du dein Vertrauen setzest, und es wird dir mit ihnen nicht glücken.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thine hands: 2 Samuel 13:19

for the Lord: Jeremiah 2:36, Jeremiah 17:5, Jeremiah 37:7-10, Isaiah 10:4, Ezekiel 17:15-20

and thou: Jeremiah 32:5, Numbers 14:41, 2 Chronicles 13:12

Reciprocal: Genesis 19:30 - for he 2 Samuel 11:12 - General 2 Chronicles 28:20 - distressed him Jeremiah 22:20 - and cry Jeremiah 22:22 - surely Ezekiel 29:16 - the confidence Hosea 2:7 - she shall follow Hosea 4:19 - and Hosea 10:6 - receive

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Yea, thou shalt go forth from him,.... From the Egyptian, without any help, and with shame; or, "from this" u; that is, from this place, from Jerusalem, and from the land of Judea, into captivity; notwithstanding all the promised and expected help from Egypt,

2 Kings 24:7:

and thine hands upon thine head; plucking and dishevelling the hair, as women in distress; so Tamar, when abused by her brother, laid her hand on her head, and went out crying, 2 Samuel 13:19:

for the Lord hath rejected thy confidences; those in whom they trusted, as the Egyptians; so that they should be of no service to them; or them, because of their trust and confidence in men, when it ought to have been placed above in himself:

and thou shalt not prosper in them; or because of them, as Kimchi; but shalt go into captivity.

u מאת זה "ab hoc, sub. loco", Gataker; "ab ista", Munster, Grotius; "sub. terra, etiam hinc exibis", Cocceius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

From him - From it, from this Egypt, which though fem. as a land, yet as a people may be used as a masc. (compare Jeremiah 46:8). Now that Nineveh is trembling before the armies of Cyaxares and Nabopalassar, thou hastenest to Egypt, hoping to rest upon her strength: but thou shalt retrace thy steps, with thy hands clasped upon thy head, disgraced and discarded.

Confidences - Those in whom thou confidest.

In them - literally, “with respect to them.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 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, 2 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!