He referreth to the late destruction of it by the king of Babylon; this remnant of the people was a brand plucked out of that fire, and their eyes had been witnesses to the desolations that God had wrought.
Verse Jeremiah 44:2. _NO MAN DWELLETH THEREIN_] The desolation of the land of Judea must have been exceedingly great when this, in almost any sense, could be spoken of it....
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...
THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL. See note on Jeremiah 7:3. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. EVIL. calamity. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44....
B. A Prophetic Admonition Jeremiah 44:1-19 Nothing is more inspiring than to see an old soldier of God faithful until death on the battlefield for the Lord. Chapter 44 offers the reader the last glimp...
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no ma...
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...
YE HAVE SEEN... — The prophet begins, naturally enough, with an appeal to the personal experience of his hearers. Was not that enough to show them that the source of all their evils had been their fal...
כֹּה ־אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאֹות֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל...
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...
_Inhabitant: or the number is exceedingly small. (Calmet) --- All the Jews had retired. (Haydock) --- It would be well if people would reflect, how those who have given way to heresy and infidelity ha...
Never surely could anything be more gracious than the Lord's repeated expostulations with the people. The Lord follows them into Egypt, whither they had fled in direct defiance of God's word; and yet...
He now begins with reproof, because they were so stupid as not to remember the vengeance which God had executed on themselves and on the whole nation. They had been left alive for this end, that they...
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...
THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL,.... In which manner the prophecies of this book are frequently prefaced; see Jeremiah 42:15; YE HAVE SEEN ALL THE EVIL THAT I HAVE BROUGHT UPON JERUS...
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they [are] a desolation, and no m...
_Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem_ He refers to the late destruction of it by the king of Babylon: this remnant of the people was a brand plucked out of the burning, and thei...
JEREMIAH'S FIRST WARNING...
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem and upon all the cities of Judah, most of the Jews addressed having been witnesses of the...
1-14 God reminds the Jews of the sins that brought desolations upon Judah. It becomes us to warn men of the danger of sin with all seriousness: Oh, do not do it! If you love God, do not, for it is pr...
Jeremiah 44:2 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 God H430 Israel H3478 seen H7200 (H8804) calamity...
1). YHWH'S WORD AGAINST HIS PEOPLE WARNING OF HIS COMING JUDGMENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT HEEDED WHAT HE HAS DONE AGAINST JERUSALEM. THE REMNANT WHO HAVE ESCAPED TO EGYPT WILL BE DESTROYED (2-14). These...
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...
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...
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...
2 Kings 21:13; Deuteronomy 29:2; Exodus 19:4; Isaiah 24:12; Isaiah 6:1