16Even the children of Noph and Tahapanes have fed on the crown of thy head.


In Context

13 For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, to hew them out cisterns, broken cisterns that hold no water.

14 Is Israel a bondman? Is he a home-born slave? Why is he become a spoil?

15 The young lions roared against him, they gave forth their voice, and they made his land desolate: his cities are burned, without inhabitant.

16 Even the children of Noph and Tahapanes have fed on the crown of thy head.

17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, at the time he was leading thee in the way?

18 And now, what hast thou to do with the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Shihor? And what hast thou to do with the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

Jeremiah 2:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:16Also, the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:16The children also of Memphis, and of Taphnes have deflowered thee, even to the crown of the head.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:16The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of thy head.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:16The children also of Noph and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of thy head.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16Also sons of Noph and Tahapanes Consume thee — the crown of the head!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of your head.