From him. — Better, from it, sc., from Egypt as a people.
Thine hands upon thine head. — The outward sign of depression and despair (2 Samuel 13:19).
Thy confidences. — i.e., the grounds or objects of thy confidence.
Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 2:37
Jeremiah 2:37
37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.