Jeremiah 44:10
in Jeremiah 44To this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed My instruction or the statutes that I set before you and your fathers.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.
KJV
They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.
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This verse in Jeremiah 44
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThey are not humbled even unto this day,.... Not contrite under a sense of their sins, nor truly penitent for them; not humbled before God nor man, so as to acknowledge them, mourn over them, and forsake them. The Targum is, "they cease not unto this day;'' that is, from committing the same things; which shows they had no true humiliation and contrition for them.
This site's exposition
Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves
on Jeremiah 44:7-10
The LORD asks, “Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves,” cutting off “man and woman, child and infant” from Judah. Verse 10 says of them, “To this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence,” so the fall of Jerusalem had not turned them.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Then, since they kept on in a state of incurable madness, and were not to be sobered even by the rest being carried away, he first exhorts them to remain there. But when they kept not up to this, but deserted to Egypt, this indeed He allowed them, but requires of them not to desert to irreligion as well as to Egypt. But when they did not comply in this either, He sendeth the prophet along with them, so that they might not after all suffer total wreck. For since they did not follow Him when He called, He next followeth them to discipline them, and hinder their being hurried further into vice, and as a father full of affection does a child who takes all treatment in the same peevish way, conducting him about everywhere with himself, and following him about. This was the reason why He sent not Jeremiah only into Egypt, but also Ezekiel into Babylon, and they did not refuse to go. For when they found their Master love the people exceedingly, they continued themselves to do so likewise.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
They have not feared, nor walked in my law. " Note, Those that walk not in the law of God do thereby show that they are destitute of the fear of God. He threatens their utter ruin for their persisting in their idolatry now that they were in Egypt. Judgment is given against them, as before ( ch. xlii.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
They . . . you--The third person puts them to a distance from God on account of their alienating themselves from Him. The second person implies that God formerly had directly addressed them. humbled--literally, "contrite" (Ps 51:17). neither . . . feared-- (Pr 28:14).
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
They were not crushed Their hearts were not crushed because of their evil.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| דֻכְּא֔וּ | dukeu | they have been made contrite | H1792 → | |
| עַ֖ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַיּ֣וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּ֑ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| וְלֹ֣א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יָרְא֗וּ | yareu | they have feared | H3372 → | 315 times |
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הָלְכ֤וּ | halekhu | they have walked | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| בְתֽוֹרָתִי֙ | vetorati | in law my | H8451 → | 219 times |
| וּבְחֻקֹּתַ֔י | uvechukotai | and in decrees my | H2708 → | 104 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נָתַ֥תִּי | natati | I set | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לִפְנֵיכֶ֖ם | lifneikhem | <to> before you | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| וְלִפְנֵ֥י | velifnei | and <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| אֲבוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ ס | ʾavoteikhem | ancestors your | H1 → | 1212 times |
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
דֻכְּא֔וּthey have been made contrite
dukeuH1792 →
עַ֖דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
הַיּ֣וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּ֑ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
וְלֹ֣אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
יָרְא֗וּthey have feared
yareuH3372 →315 times
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
הָלְכ֤וּthey have walked
halekhuH1980 →1546 times
בְתֽוֹרָתִי֙in law my
vetoratiH8451 →219 times
וּבְחֻקֹּתַ֔יand in decrees my
uvechukotaiH2708 →104 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
נָתַ֥תִּיI set
natatiH5414 →2011 times
לִפְנֵיכֶ֖ם<to> before you
lifneikhemH6440 →2123 times
וְלִפְנֵ֥יand <to> before
velifneiH6440 →2123 times
אֲבוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ סancestors your
ʾavoteikhemH1 →1212 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Peter 5:6Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.
it leads to
- James 4:10
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
- Luke 14:11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- Proverbs 29:23
A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
- Matthew 23:12
For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
- Luke 18:14
I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- James 4:10
Through
Revelation 15:4Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”
it leads to
- Psalms 86:9
All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.
- Malachi 1:11
For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name…
- Jeremiah 10:7
Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.
- Psalms 86:9
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, HOMILIES ON ROMANS 14; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.