Jeremiah 2:16

New American Bible - revised edition

Yes, the people of Memphis and Tahpanhes shave the crown of your head.

Cross References

2 Kings 18:21

Do you trust in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which pierces the hand of anyone who leans on it? That is what Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is to all who trust in him.

2 Kings 23:33

Pharaoh Neco took him prisoner at Riblah in the land of Hamath, thus ending his reign in Jerusalem. He imposed a fine upon the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

Isaiah 19:13

The princes of Zoan have become fools, the princes of Memphis have been deceived. The chiefs of its tribes have led Egypt astray.

Isaiah 59:13

Transgressing, and denying the Lord, turning back from following our God, Planning fraud and treachery, uttering lying words conceived in the heart.

Isaiah 8:8

It shall roll on into Judah, it shall rage and pass on— up to the neck it shall reach. But his outspread wings will fill the width of your land, Emmanuel!

Jeremiah 44:1

The word that came to Jeremiah for all the Judahites who were living in Egypt, those living in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis, and in Upper Egypt:

Jeremiah 46:14

Proclaim in Egypt, announce in Migdol, announce in Memphis and Tahpanhes! Say: Fall in, get ready, the sword has devoured your neighbors.

Jeremiah 46:19

Pack your bags for exile, enthroned daughter Egypt; Memphis shall become a wasteland, an empty ruin.

Jeremiah 48:45

In Heshbon’s shadow the fugitives stop short, exhausted; For fire blazes up from Heshbon, and flames up from the house of Sihon: It consumes the forehead of Moab, the scalp of the noisemakers.

Ezekiel 30:13

Thus says the Lord God: I will destroy idols, and put an end to images in Memphis. There will never again be a prince over the land of Egypt. Instead, I will spread fear throughout the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 30:16

I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be breached, and Memphis besieged in daylight.

Hosea 9:6

When they flee from the devastation, Egypt will gather them, Memphis will bury them. Weeds will overgrow their silver treasures, and thorns, their tents.

Deuteronomy 33:20

Of Gad he said: Blessed be the one who has made Gad so vast! He lies there like a lion; he tears the arm, the head as well.