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15 Young lions have roared at him.
They have growled loudly.
They have made his land desolate.
His towns are burned and deserted.
16 The men of Memphis[a] and Tahpanhes
    have shaved the top of your head.[b]
17 Have you not brought this on yourself
    by deserting the Lord your God
    while he led you on the way?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:16 Hebrew Noph. The English names of Egyptian cities are usually based on the Greek forms of their names rather than the Hebrew forms.
  2. Jeremiah 2:16 Or have cracked your skull