Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 2:32
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Jeremiah2:32
32 Can a maid forget her ornaments , or a bride her attire ? yet my people have forgotten me dayes without number .
How seldom is it, and how unlikely, that a Maid should forget her Ornaments.
Whether it belongs to the Head, or the Breast, or Arms, whether Bracelets, or Jewels wherever worn, is not worth the disputing, but understand those rich Jewels, which the Bridegroom was wont to present his Bride with, partly for a general obligation, and partly of particular signification, and all of them ornamental, what ever may render her amiable in the Eyes of her Bridegroom; Virgins, and especially Brides, will not usually neglect any thing that may make them comely.
Viz. In the neglect of my Worship, me, who was not only their defence, but their glory, ver. 11. &c. that for which other Nations honoured them, Psal. 148.14. Ezek. 16.10, to 15.
i. e. For a long time past, time out of mind, or as the Hebrew dayes, of which there is no number.
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