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Jeremiah 2:16

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Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
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  1. Jeremiah 46:14Rank 1 from verse 16
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    14Declare 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.

  2. Jeremiah 43:7–9Rank 2 from verse 16
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    7So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.

    8¶ Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,

    9Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;

  3. Deuteronomy 33:20Rank 3 from verse 16
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    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.

  4. Isaiah 19:13Rank 4 from verse 16
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    13The 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.

  5. Jeremiah 44:1Rank 5 from verse 16
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    1THE 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,

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Jeremiah 2:16

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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crown

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Sense 1: A royal head ornament; by extension, kingship, honour, reward, or the top of the head. Sense 2: To invest, adorn, or honour with a crown, dignity, or reward.

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head

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The upper part of the body; a chief, source, summit, or leading position.

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15The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.

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

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17Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way?

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