The Meaning of Jeremiah 2:32 Explained

Jeremiah 2:32

KJV: Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

YLT: Doth a virgin forget her ornaments? A bride her bands? And My people have forgotten Me days without number.

Darby: Doth a virgin forget her ornaments, a bride her attire? But my people have forgotten me days without number.

ASV: Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Can a maid  forget  her ornaments,  [or] a bride  her attire?  yet my people  have forgotten  me days  without number. 

What does Jeremiah 2:32 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Young girls rarely forget their first jewelry, and brides hardly ever forget what their wedding dress (lit. sash) looked like. But God"s people had forgotten their greatest treasure-and their Glory-long ago (cf. Deuteronomy 8:11; Deuteronomy 8:19; Deuteronomy 32:18; Psalm 78:11; Psalm 106:13; Psalm 106:21; Isaiah 17:10).

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 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

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 2:32 mean?

Can forget a virgin her ornaments [Or] a bride her attire and yet My people have forgotten Me days without number
הֲתִשְׁכַּ֤ח בְּתוּלָה֙ עֶדְיָ֔הּ כַּלָּ֖ה ؟ קִשֻּׁרֶ֑יהָ וְעַמִּ֣י שְׁכֵח֔וּנִי יָמִ֖ים אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר

הֲתִשְׁכַּ֤ח  Can  forget 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: כָּשַׁח 
Sense: to forget, ignore, wither.
בְּתוּלָה֙  a  virgin 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: בְּתוּלָה  
Sense: virgin.
עֶדְיָ֔הּ  her  ornaments 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: עֲדִי  
Sense: ornaments.
כַּלָּ֖ה  [Or]  a  bride 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: כַּלָּה  
Sense: bride, daughter-in-law.
؟ קִשֻּׁרֶ֑יהָ  her  attire 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: קִשֻּׁרִים  
Sense: bands, sashes, headbands.
וְעַמִּ֣י  and  yet  My  people 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
שְׁכֵח֔וּנִי  have  forgotten  Me 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural, first person common singular
Root: כָּשַׁח 
Sense: to forget, ignore, wither.
יָמִ֖ים  days 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
אֵ֥ין  without 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
מִסְפָּֽר  number 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִסְפָּר  
Sense: number, tale.