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Jer. 2:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

Also the children of Noph and Tahapanesb βhave broken the crown of thy headc.

Jer. 43:7• ⁷So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah: thus came they even to Tahpanhes. (Jer. 43:7)

or, feed on thy crown,

Deut. 33:20• ²⁰And of Gad he said,{HR}Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad:{HR}He dwelleth as a lioness,{HR}And teareth the arm,{HR}Also the crown of the head. (Deut. 33:20)

Isa. 1:6‑7• ⁶From the sole of the foot even unto the head, there is no soundness in it : wounds, and weals, and open sores — they have not been closed, nor bound up, nor mollified with oil.
⁷Your country [is] desolate; your cities [are] burned with fire; your ground, strangers devour it in your presence, and [it is] desolate, as overthrown by strangers. (Isa. 1:6‑7)

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Cross References

Also the.

2 Kings 18:21• ²¹Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean it will go into his hand and pierce it; so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. (2 Kings 18:21)

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2 Kings 23:33• ³³{i}And Pharaoh-Nechoh had him bound at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and laid a tribute upon the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.{/i} (2 Kings 23:33)

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Isa. 30:1‑6• ¹Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin;
²that walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
³Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be a shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt a confusion.
⁴For his princes are at Zoan, and his ambassadors are come to Hanes.
⁵They shall all be ashamed of a people [that] cannot profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
⁶The burden of the beasts of the south. Through the land of trouble and anguish, from whence [come] the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people [that] shall not profit. (Isa. 30:1‑6)

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Isa. 31:1‑3• ¹Woe 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 Jehovah!
²But he also [is] wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words, and he will arise against the house of the evildoers and against the help of them that work iniquity.
³Now the Egyptians [are] men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit: and Jehovah shall stretch out his hand, and he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall perish together. (Isa. 31:1‑3)

Noph.

Jer. 46:14,19• 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.
¹⁹{i}Thou, inhabitress, daughter of Egypt, furnish for thyself a captive's baggage, for Noph shall be a desolation and shall be ruined, so that none shall dwell therein.{/i} (Jer. 46:14,19)

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Isa. 19:13• ¹³The princes of Zoan are become foolish, the princes of Noph are deceived; and the corner-stones of its tribes have caused Egypt to err. (Isa. 19:13)

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Ezek. 30:13,16• ¹³Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
¹⁶And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily. (Ezek. 30:13,16)

Tahapanes.

Jer. 43:7‑9• ⁷So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.
⁸Then came the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
⁹Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brick kiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; (Jer. 43:7‑9)

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Jer. 44:1• 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, (Jer. 44:1)

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Jer. 46:14• 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. (Jer. 46:14)

Tahpanhes.have broken the crown.

or, feed on thy crown.

Deut. 33:20• ²⁰And of Gad he said,{HR}Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad:{HR}He dwelleth as a lioness,{HR}And teareth the arm,{HR}Also the crown of the head. (Deut. 33:20)

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Isa. 8:8• ⁸and he shall sweep on into Judah; and he shall overflow and go farther, he shall reach [even] to the neck; and the out-stretching of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. (Isa. 8:8)

J. N. Darby Translation

Even the children of Noph and Tahapanesc have fed ond the crown of thy head.

JND Translation Notes

See Notes, Isa. 19.13; 30.4; Jer. 44.1.

Others, "have broken."

W. Kelly Translation

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

WK Verse Note

(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)