Jeremiah 2:16 - Modern English Version

¹⁶ Also the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Moreover, the children of Memphis and Tahpanhes (Egypt) [have in times past shown their power as a foe; they] have broken and fed on the crown of your head [Israel]–so do not rely on them as an ally now.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of thy head.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ As well, the people of Memphis and Tahpanhes lay open your scalp.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Likewise, the sons of Memphis and of Tahpanhes have defiled you, even to the top of the head.

Jeremiah 2:16 Tagairtí Cros

2 Kings 18:21

Now, behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, on Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will enter his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

2 Kings 23:33

Pharaoh Necho imprisoned him at Riblah in the land of Hamath, so that he might not reign in Jerusalem, and imposed tribute on 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 are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even those who are the cornerstone of her tribes.

Isaiah 59:13

transgressing, and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

Isaiah 8:8

And he shall pass through Judah, he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck, and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.

Jeremiah 44:1

The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, who dwell at Migdol, and Tahpanhes, and Memphis, and in the country of Pathros, saying,

Jeremiah 46:14

Declare in Egypt and proclaim in Migdol, and pronounce in Memphis and in Tahpanhes; say, “Stand fast and prepare yourself, for the sword will devour those about you.”

Jeremiah 46:19

O daughter dwelling in Egypt, prepare your baggage for captivity, for Memphis will become desolate, it will even be burned down without an inhabitant.

Jeremiah 48:45

The fugitives stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire will come out of Heshbon and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and will devour the forehead of Moab and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

Ezekiel 30:13

Thus says the Lord God: I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease from Memphis; and no more shall there be a prince of the land of Egypt. And I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 30:16

I will set fire in Egypt; Pelusium shall have great pain, and Thebes shall be rent asunder, and Memphis shall have distresses daily.

Hosea 9:6

For behold, they are gone because of destruction. Egypt will gather them, and Memphis will bury them. Nettles will possess their pleasant things of silver, and thorns will be in their tents.

Deuteronomy 33:20

Of Gad he said: Blessed be he who enlarges Gad; he dwells as a lion and tears an arm and the crown of a head.