"And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach."
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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 (Jeremiah 44:20)
5. The sign...
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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 to the ch....
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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 glim...
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_AND I WILL TAKE THE REMNANT OF JUDAH, THAT HAVE SET THEIR FACES TO GO
INTO THE LAND OF EGYPT TO SOJOURN THERE, AND THEY SHALL ALL BE
CONSUMED, AND FALL IN THE LAND OF EGYPT; THEY SHALL EVEN BE CONSUM...
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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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וְ לָקַחְתִּ֞י אֶת ־שְׁאֵרִ֣ית
יְהוּדָ֗ה אֲשֶׁר ־שָׂ֨מוּ פְנֵיהֶ֜ם
לָ בֹ֣וא אֶֽרֶץ ־מִצְרַיִם֮ לָ ג֣וּר...
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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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And I will take the remnant of Judah, that (e) have set their faces to
go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be
consumed, [and] fall in the land of Egypt; they shall [even] be...
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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...
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And first, indeed, the Prophet briefly shews that all those would
perish who had yet falsely imagined that they could not otherwise be
safe than by fleeing into Egypt. Then Jeremiah here reproves and...
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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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AND I WILL TAKE THE REMNANT OF JUDAH,.... Such as remained of that
tribe in the land of Judea after the captivity: and not all of them,
but such
THAT HAVE SET THEIR FACES TO GO INTO THE LAND OF EGYPT...
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And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go
into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be
consumed, [and] fall in the land of Egypt; they shall [even] be
con...
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_I will set my face against you for evil_ See note on Jeremiah 21:10.
_And I will take_ Or, _I will take away_, namely, by destruction; _the
remnant of Judah_, &c. The direful punishments denounced ag...
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JEREMIAH'S FIRST WARNING...
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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
pro...
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This is no more than the prophet had told these very persons before
they went unto Egypt, JEREMIAH 42:16,17; here he doubleth his words
for the confirmation of the truth of them to them now that they...
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Jeremiah 44:12 take H3947 (H8804) remnant H7611 Judah H3063 set H7760
(H8804) faces H6440 go H935 (H8800) land H776 Egypt H4714 dwell H1481
(H8800) consumed H8552 (H8804) fall H5307 (H8799) land H776...
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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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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 44:11 Babylon will complete its role as an
instrument of God’s wrath (Jeremiah 27:1) against Judah’s
idolatrous REMNANT. Judah will become a warning to other peoples
(Jeremia...
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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 tu...
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Hosea 4:6; Isaiah 65:15; Jeremiah 29:22; Jeremiah 42:15; Jeremiah
42:22; Jeremiah 44:8...