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Earnest as was the preceding expostulation, Jeremiah sees that it has
produced no effect. He therefore utters his last warning, and with
this last resistance to the sins of a debased and godless peopl...
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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 ...
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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...
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See introd. summary of the ch....
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As these _vv_. stand, there is, if we take them literally, a
considerable amount of contradiction (cp. Jeremiah 44:14). The
Egyptian Jews are (Jeremiah 44:26) to perish completely; but (Jeremiah
44:27...
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_for evil, and not for good_ Cp. Jeremiah 1:12; Jeremiah 31:28....
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C. A Prophetic Affirmation Jeremiah 44:20-30
TRANSLATION
(20) Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, the women and
all the people who had answered him, (21) Did not the LORD remember
and...
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Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all
the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by
the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
WA...
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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...
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(24-28) HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD... — The appeal to the experience
of the past is followed by a prediction of the future, addressed to
the wives as well as to the husbands. The new sin would lead to...
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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...
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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...
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Here the Lord calls upon them to be prepared for the destruction of
Egypt. No place, no kingdom shall give shelter to those whom God will
punish. In their own land, or in the land of strangers, the Lo...
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Here he more dearly expresses what he had said in the last verse, that
none of the Jews would remain alive in Egypt. He now then points out
the manner, even because he would not cease to consume them...
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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...
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BEHOLD, I WILL WATCH OVER THEM FOR EVIL, AND NOT FOR GOOD,.... To
bring the evil of punishment upon them, the particulars of which are
after mentioned, and not the blessings of goodness, as formerly;...
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Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the
men of Judah that [are] in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the
sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
Ve...
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_Jeremiah said, Hear all Judah that are in the land of Egypt_ That is,
all you men and women that belong to Judah, and are now come to dwell
in Egypt; _ye and your wives have spoken_ The Hebrew word
ת...
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The Answer of the Jews and the Lord's Prophecy of Punishment...
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Behold, I will watch over them for evil and not for good, the same God
whose tender solicitude watches over His children to do them good
would in this instance just as solicitously bring evil upon the...
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20-30 Whatever evil comes upon us, it is because we have sinned
against the Lord; we should therefore stand in awe, and sin not. Since
they were determined to persist in their idolatry, God would go...
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God here either sets out himself as one who would be industrious and
solicitous to bring evil upon them, as men who are so in any business
watch opportunities to do it; or else he derides their vain c...
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Jeremiah 44:27 watch H8245 (H8802) adversity H7451 good H2896 men H376
Judah H3063 land H776 Egypt H4714 consumed
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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...
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4). A FURTHER WORD CONFIRMING YHWH'S JUDGMENT ON ALL JEWS LIVING IN
EGYPT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TURNED TO OTHER GODS AND ARE TRUSTING IN
PHARAOH HOPHRA AS THEIR DELIVERER (24-39).
We have here the last pr...
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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'...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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2 Kings 21:14; Ezekiel 7:6; Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 21:10; Jerem