Can a maid forget her ornaments
Which she has provided for her wedding day, and is then to wear,
and which may be the next; such as ear rings, bracelets, and
jewels, which are never out of her mind, and can scarce sleep for
thinking of them, how richly she shall be adorned with them;
wherefore it follows: or a bride her attire?
or, "her bindings" F15; her knots about her head or
breast. The word is rendered "head bands" in ( Isaiah 3:20 ) and here,
by the Septuagint version, "her stomacher"; set with sparkling
precious stones; see ( Isaiah 61:10
) , these things her heart being set upon, and priding herself
with, cannot be forgotten by her, at least not long: yet,
my people have forgotten me days without number;
which shows great stupidity and ingratitude; the Lord not being
so much to them, from whom they had received so many favours, as
the ornaments of a maid, and the attire of a bride, are to them.