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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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_Ye and your wives_ better, with LXX, _Ye women_.
_with your hands have fulfilled it_ have carried out your
determination. For the expression cp. 1 Kings 8:15; 1 Kings 8:24.
_establish then, etc_.]...
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YE AND YOUR WIVES HAVE BOTH SPOKEN— _Your wives have spoken from
your mouth, that which you have fulfilled with your hands, when you
said, We,_ &c.—_They have accomplished your vows, they have
perform...
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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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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your
wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand,
saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed,...
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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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WITH YOUR HAND] BV 'with your hands,'pointing, perhaps, to the cakes
which they were carrying. YE WILL SURELY, etc.] RV 'Establish then..
and perform.'If ye persist, then be it so....
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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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כֹּֽה ־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָֽה ־צְבָאֹות֩
אֱלֹהֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל...
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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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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your
wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your (m)
hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vow...
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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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Jeremiah pursues the same subject, and not only bitterly reproves the
ungodly men who so pertinaciously despised his doctrine, but also
shews that they could gain nothing by their audacity, because th...
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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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THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL,.... Which is an usual
preface to prophecies coming from him:
SAYING; as follows:
YE AND YOUR WIVES HAVE BOTH SPOKEN WITH YOUR MOUTHS, AND FULFILLED
W...
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your
wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand,
saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed,...
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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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Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Ye and your
wives have both spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hand,
saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed to...
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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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Those words HAVE SPOKEN are in the Hebrew of the feminine gender,
which giveth good reason to some interpreters to conclude the women
were first and principal in this idolatry, and the men's guilt lay...
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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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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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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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Acts 23:12; Isaiah 28:15; James 1:14; James 1:15; Jeremiah 44:15;...