John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 2:32

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Can a maid forget her ornaments, etc.] Which she has provided for her wedding day, and is then to wear, and which may be the next; such as ear rings, bracelets, and jewels, which are never out of her mind, and can scarce sleep for thinking of them, how richly she shall be adorned with them; wherefore it follows: or a bride her attire? or, “her bindings”f62; her knots about her head or breast. The word is rendered “head bands” in (<230320>Isaiah 3:20) and here, by the Septuagint version, “her stomacher”; set with sparkling precious stones; (see <236110>Isaiah 61:10), these things her heart being set upon, and priding herself with, cannot be forgotten by her, at least not long: yet, my people have forgotten me days without number; which shows great stupidity and ingratitude; the Lord not being so much to them, from whom they had received so many favours, as the ornaments of a maid, and the attire of a bride, are to them.

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