"Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head. {have...: or, feed on thy crown}" — Jeremiah 2:16

Jeremiah 2:16 · KJV

“Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head. {have...: or, feed on thy crown}”

— Jeremiah 2:16

The young lions roared upon him, {and} yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. {yelled: Heb. gave out their voice}

Verse 17

Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?

Jeremiah 2 — Context

{Is} Israel a servant? {is} he a homeborn {slave}? why is he spoiled? {spoiled: Heb. become a spoil?}

The young lions roared upon him, {and} yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. {yelled: Heb. gave out their voice}

Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head. {have...: or, feed on thy crown}

Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?

And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?

Cross References

Jeremiah 46:14

Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.

Jeremiah 43:7-9

So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came they {even} to Tahpanhes.

Jeremiah 44:1

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

Isaiah 19:13

The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, {even they that are} the stay of the tribes thereof. {they that...: or, governors: Heb. corners}

Deuteronomy 33:20

And of Gad he said, Blessed {be} he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.

Ezekiel 30:16

And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph {shall have} distresses daily.

Jeremiah 46:19

O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant. {furnish...: Heb. make thee instruments of captivity}

Isaiah 31:1-3

Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because {they are} many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!