King James Version with Apocrypha
"Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number."
— Jeremiah 2:32, King James Version with Apocrypha
“Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.”
“Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number. ”
“"Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.”
“Does a young woman forget to put on her jewels? Does a bride forget to put on her bridal attire? But my people have forgotten me for more days than can even be counted.”
“Will a virgin forget her ornament, or a bride her stomacher? but my people hath forgotten me days without number.”
“Is it possible for a virgin to put out of her memory her ornaments, or a bride her robes? but my people have put me out of their memories for unnumbered days.”
Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord.
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
O generation, see ye the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.