Jeremiah 44:25
in Jeremiah 44This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands your words: ‘We will surely perform our vows that we have made to burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her.’ Go ahead, then, do what you have promised! Keep your vows!
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her: establish then your vows, and perform your vows.
KJV
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 burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.
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This verse in Jeremiah 44
Commentary
5 notes on this verse"Well" (says God), " you will accomplish, you will perform, your wicked vows: now hear what is my vow, what I have sworn by my great name; " and, if the Lord hath sworn, he will not repent, since they have sworn and will not repent.
This site's exposition
Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women
on Jeremiah 44:24-28
Jeremiah addresses the women again and tells them, “Keep your vows!” The LORD swears “by My great name” that no one from Judah living in Egypt will again invoke His name. The remnant “will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs,” the test of a prophet in Deuteronomy 18:22.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. 6 Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.
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Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Ye . . . have both spoken with . . . mouths, and fulfilled with . . . hand--ironical praise. They had pleaded their obligation to fulfil their vows, in excuse for their idolatry.
The words behind it
34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כֹּֽה־ | koh- | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֣ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָֽה־ | yahweh- | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| צְבָאוֹת֩ | tzevaot | of hosts | H6635 → | 485 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֨י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| לֵאמֹ֗ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אַתֶּ֨ם | ʾatem | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| וּנְשֵׁיכֶ֜ם | unesheikhem | and wives your | H802 → | 781 times |
| וַתְּדַבֵּ֣רְנָה | vatedaberenah | and you have spoken | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| בְּפִיכֶם֮ | befikhem | with mouth your | H6310 → | 498 times |
| וּבִידֵיכֶ֣ם | uvideikhem | and with hands your | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| מִלֵּאתֶ֣ם׀ | miletem | you have fulfilled | H4390 → | 249 times |
| לֵאמֹר֒ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| עָשֹׂ֨ה | ʾasoh | certainly <to perform> | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| נַעֲשֶׂ֜ה | naaseh | we will perform | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נְדָרֵ֗ינוּ | nedareinu | vows our | H5088 → | 60 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נָדַ֙רְנוּ֙ | nadarnu | we have vowed | H5087 → | |
| לְקַטֵּר֙ | lekater | to make smoke | H6999 → | 116 times |
| לִמְלֶ֣כֶת | limlekhet | to [the] queen of | H4446 → | 5 times |
| הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם | hashamayim | the heavens | H8064 → | 421 times |
| וּלְהַסֵּ֥ךְ | ulehasekh | and to pour out | H5258 → | 25 times |
| לָ֖הּ | lah | to <the> her | ||
| נְסָכִ֑ים | nesakhim | drink offerings | H5262 → | 64 times |
| הָקֵ֤ים | hakeim | certainly <to carry out> | H6965 → | 628 times |
| תָּקִ֙ימְנָה֙ | takimenah | you will carry out | H6965 → | 628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נִדְרֵיכֶ֔ם | nidreikhem | vows your | H5088 → | 60 times |
| וְעָשֹׂ֥ה | veasoh | and certainly <to perform> | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| תַעֲשֶׂ֖ינָה | taaseinah | you will perform | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נִדְרֵיכֶֽם׃ פ | nidreikhem | vows your | H5088 → | 60 times |
כֹּֽה־thus
koh-H3541 →577 times
אָמַ֣רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָֽה־Yahweh
yahweh-H3068 →6520 times
צְבָאוֹת֩of hosts
tzevaotH6635 →485 times
אֱלֹהֵ֨י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֜לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
לֵאמֹ֗ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
אַתֶּ֨םyou
ʾatemH859 →1094 times
וּנְשֵׁיכֶ֜םand wives your
unesheikhemH802 →781 times
וַתְּדַבֵּ֣רְנָהand you have spoken
vatedaberenahH1696 →1141 times
בְּפִיכֶם֮with mouth your
befikhemH6310 →498 times
וּבִידֵיכֶ֣םand with hands your
uvideikhemH3027 →1618 times
מִלֵּאתֶ֣ם׀you have fulfilled
miletemH4390 →249 times
לֵאמֹר֒<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
עָשֹׂ֨הcertainly <to perform>
ʾasohH6213 →2628 times
נַעֲשֶׂ֜הwe will perform
naasehH6213 →2628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
נְדָרֵ֗ינוּvows our
nedareinuH5088 →60 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נָדַ֙רְנוּ֙we have vowed
nadarnuH5087 →
לְקַטֵּר֙to make smoke
lekaterH6999 →116 times
לִמְלֶ֣כֶתto [the] queen of
limlekhetH4446 →5 times
הַשָּׁמַ֔יִםthe heavens
hashamayimH8064 →421 times
וּלְהַסֵּ֥ךְand to pour out
ulehasekhH5258 →25 times
לָ֖הּto <the> her
lah
נְסָכִ֑יםdrink offerings
nesakhimH5262 →64 times
הָקֵ֤יםcertainly <to carry out>
hakeimH6965 →628 times
תָּקִ֙ימְנָה֙you will carry out
takimenahH6965 →628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
נִדְרֵיכֶ֔םvows your
nidreikhemH5088 →60 times
וְעָשֹׂ֥הand certainly <to perform>
veasohH6213 →2628 times
תַעֲשֶׂ֖ינָהyou will perform
taaseinahH6213 →2628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
נִדְרֵיכֶֽם׃ פvows your
nidreikhemH5088 →60 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
Jude 1:13They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
it leads to
- 2 Peter 2:17
These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.
- Philippians 3:19
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
- Isaiah 57:20
But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.
- Psalms 65:7
You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.
- 2 Timothy 3:13
while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
- 2 Peter 2:17
Through
Matthew 14:9The king was grieved, but because of his oaths and his guests, he ordered that her wish be granted
it leads to
- John 19:12–16
From then on, Pilate tried to release Him, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a king is defying Caesar.”
- Judges 21:1
Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”
- 1 Samuel 25:22
May God punish David, and ever so severely, if I let one of Nabal’s men survive until morning.”
- John 19:12–16
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 Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
