The queen of heaven; the moon, which they worshipped under this name, (Challoner) as also under that of the Celestial Venus, (Theodoret) Diana, and Isis. It seems the Jews had engaged by vow (ver. 27.) to restore her worship. (Calmet) --- The women more particularly adored the moon: yet all were guilty, chap. vii. 18., and 4 Kings xxiii. 5. (Worthington)
WHATSOEVER THING ... - Or, the whole word (or thing) which hath gone forth out of our mouth; i. e., the vows we have made. They would not let Jeremiah’s expostulations prevent the carrying out of the...
CHAPTER 44 _ 1. The message to the Jews (Jeremiah 44:1) _ 2. Their punishment (Jeremiah 44:11) 3. Worshipping the queen of heaven (Jeremiah 44:15) 4. Jehovah's answer ...
JEREMIAH 44. DENUNCIATION OF THE JEWISH WORSHIP OF ISHTAR IN EGYPT. Jeremiah points to the desolation of Judah as the experienced consequence of idolatry, notwithstanding Yahweh's warnings (Jeremiah 4...
WHATSOEVER THING GOETH FORTH, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 30:12.Deuteronomy 23:23; Deuteronomy 23:23). App-92. VICTUALS. Hebrew "bread". Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the
See introd. summary to the ch. This passage, unlike the preceding, apparently comes intact from Baruch's memoirs....
_every word that is gone forth out of our mouth_ For this phrase as employed of vows see Numbers 30:2; Numbers 30:12; Deuteronomy 23:23; Judges 1
DISCOURSE: 1083 THE IMPIETY OF UNGODLY MEN Jeremiah 44:16. _As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken unto thee: but we will certainly do whatsoever t...
_2. The warning rejected_ (Jeremiah 44:15-19) TRANSLATION (15) And all the men who knew that their wives offered incense to other gods, and all the women who were standing around, a great congregatio...
But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, o...
JEREMIAH'S LATEST PROPHECY (AFTER 586 B.C.). (THE PROPHECIES AGAINST THE GENTILE NATIONS (JEREMIAH 46-51) WERE MOSTLY UTTERED AFTER THE BATTLE OF CARCHEMISH, 605 B.C.) He denounces the unabated idola...
WHATSOEVER THING GOETH FORTH] RV 'every word that is gone forth.'They refer to their religious vows: cp. Numbers 30:2; Deuteronomy 23:23. QUEEN OF HEAVEN] see on Jeremiah 7:18. _Then_ had we plenty of...
כִּ֩י עָשֹׂ֨ה נַעֲשֶׂ֜ה אֶֽת ־כָּל ־הַ דָּבָ֣
CHAPTER XV THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN Jeremiah 44:1 "Since we left off burning incense and offering libations to the Queen of Heaven, we have been in want of everything, and have been consumed by the swo...
The next prophecy in Egypt was of a fiery protest against the persistent rebellion of the people of God. The prophet reminded them of the patience of God, and of how His anger had already been poured...
But we will certainly do whatever thing proceedeth from our own mouth, to burn incense to (i) the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kin...
While we remark the patience and long suffering of the Lord; are we not compelled no less to remark, and be astonished at the impudence, and incorrigible hardness of the human heart? Was there ever an...
Here they shew more openly their obstinacy; for having said that they had no faith in Jeremiah, as he had not been sent by God, they now add that they would indeed be the worshippers of God, but accor...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 39 THROUGH 44. After this, chapter 39 and the following Chapter s give us the history of the confusion and iniquity that reigned among the remnant who were no...
BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY DO WHATSOEVER THING GOETH OUT OF OUR OWN MOUTH,.... And not what went out of the mouth of God, or his prophet: but whoever they had resolved on within themselves to do, and had d...
But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, ou...
_As for the word thou hast spoken unto us, we will not hearken unto thee_ Johanan and the rest (Jer 43:5) only denied that God had said such things, and told Jeremiah he had spoken falsely: but now th...
But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, the vows which they had made when they embraced idolatry, TO BURN INCENSE UNTO THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN, that is, Ashtaroth, or A...
The Answer of the Jews and the Lord's Prophecy of Punishment...
QUEEN...OF HEAVEN: Or, frame of heaven VITAILES: _ Heb._ bread...
15-19 These daring sinners do not attempt excuses, but declare they will do that which is forbidden. Those who disobey God, commonly grow worse and worse, and the heart is more hardened by the deceit...
Here is the root of all sinners disobedience, their resolution to please and humour themselves, not knowing how in any thing to deny themselves; hence it is that denying ourselves is by Christ made th...
Jeremiah 44:17 certainly H6213 (H8800) do H6213 (H8799) whatever H1697 out H3318 (H8804) mouth H6310 incense...
THE WORD OF YHWH COMES AGAINST ALL HIS PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN REFUGE IN EGYPT IN THE PAST BECAUSE INSTEAD OF LEARNING THEIR LESSON FROM WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO JERUSALEM THEY HAVE TURNED TO OTHER GODS, SO...
2). THE PEOPLE'S DEFENCE TO THE CHARGE AND THEIR RESPONSE TO JEREMIAH'S WORDS (15-19). The people's defence is now blatantly stated, and confirms all that Jeremiah has said. As far as they were concer...
QUEEN OF HEAVEN See (Jeremiah 44:18); (Jeremiah 44:19). (_ See Scofield) - (Judges 2:13). _...
CONTENTS: Message to the Jews in Egypt. Further judgments threatened. Contempt of the people for the admonitions. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Pharaoh-hophra, Zedekiah, Nebuchadnezzar. CONCLUSION: God'...
Jeremiah 44:1. _Migdol_ was not far from the Red sea. Exodus 14:2. It was now a great city, being in several places put first by Jeremiah, situate only twelve hundred paces from Damiette. _Pathros_ wa...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 44:17 The refugees will continue to worship the QUEEN OF HEAVEN, which most likely refers to Ishtar, the goddess of fertility. The whole nation (FATHERS, king
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—A considerable interval must be placed between this chapter and the two preceding, which record their arrival in Egypt; for we here find th...
EXPOSITION Jeremiah's debate with the Jewish fugitives in Pathros; his last prophecy. JEREMIAH 44:1 Accusation brought against the obstinately idolatrous people. JEREMIAH 44:1 WHICH DWELL; rather,...
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt (Jeremiah 44:1), And this is Jeremiah's final message to the people. God's last word to the nation that have tur...
1 Peter 1:18; 2 Kings 17:16; 2 Kings 22:17; Daniel 9:5; Daniel 9:6;...