Jeremiah 7:29 (YLT)

Passage

Cut off thy crown, and cast <FI>it<Fi> away, And lift up on high places lamentation, For Jehovah hath rejected, And He leaveth the generation of His wrath.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 7:27 And thou hast spoken unto them all these words, And they do not hearken to thee, And thou hast called unto them, And they do not answer thee.

Jeremiah 7:28 And thou hast said unto them: This <FI>is<Fi> the nation that hath not hearkened, To the voice of Jehovah its God, Nor have they accepted instruction, Perished hath stedfastness, Yea, it hath been cut off from their mouth.

Jeremiah 7:29 Cut off thy crown, and cast <FI>it<Fi> away, And lift up on high places lamentation, For Jehovah hath rejected, And He leaveth the generation of His wrath.

Jeremiah 7:30 For the sons of Judah Have done the evil thing in Mine eyes, An affirmation of Jehovah, They have set their abominations in the house On which My name is called--to defile it,

Jeremiah 7:31 And have built the high places of Tophet, That <FI>are<Fi> in the valley of the son of Hinnom, To burn their sons and their daughters with fire, Which I did not command, Nor did it come up on My heart.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "crown", "cast", "away", "lift", "high", "places", "lamentation", and "jehovah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "crown" and "cast", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 28's "And thou hast said unto them This..." into verse 30's "For the sons of Judah Have done...", so "crown" and "cast" belong inside that flow. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "crown" and "cast" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.