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Jeremiah 44:7

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So now, this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves by cutting off from Judah man and woman, child and infant, leaving yourselves without a remnant?

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Therefore now thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your own souls, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and suckling, out of the midst of Judah, to leave you none remaining;

KJV

Therefore now thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;

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This verse in Jeremiah 44

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

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 Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), you wrong them, you deceive them with that which is false, you destroy them, for it will be fatal to them." Note, In sinning against God we sin against our own souls. "It is the ready way to cut yourselves off from all comfort and hope (

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Therefore now thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

This great evil against your souls - Will not self-interest weigh with you? See what ruin your conduct has brought upon your country. Your fathers sinned as you are doing; and where are they now? Either destroyed, or in captivity. And you are now taking the same way to your own destruction.

The words behind it

27 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְעַתָּ֡הand therefore

    veatahH6258 →433 times

  • כֹּֽה־thus

    koh-H3541 →577 times

  • אָמַ֣רhe says

    ʾamarH559 →5305 times

  • יְהוָה֩Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹהֵ֨י[the] God of

    ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times

  • צְבָא֜וֹתhosts

    tzevaotH6635 →485 times

  • אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] God of

    ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • לָמָה֩<to> why?

    lamahH4100 →752 times

  • אַתֶּ֨ם[are] you

    ʾatemH859 →1094 times

  • עֹשִׂ֜יםdoing

    ʾosimH6213 →2628 times

  • רָעָ֤הharm

    raahH7451 →662 times

  • גְדוֹלָה֙great

    gedolahH1419 →526 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • נַפְשֹׁ֣תֵכֶ֔םselves your

    nafshotekhemH5315 →754 times

  • לְהַכְרִ֨יתto cut off

    lehakhritH3772 →288 times

  • לָכֶ֧םto <the> yourselves

    lakhem

  • אִישׁ־man

    ʾish-H376 →1663 times

  • וְאִשָּׁ֛הand woman

    veishahH802 →781 times

  • עוֹלֵ֥לchild

    olelH5768 →20 times

  • וְיוֹנֵ֖קand suckling-child

    veyonekH3243 →

  • מִתּ֣וֹךְfrom [the] midst of

    mitokhH8432 →418 times

  • יְהוּדָ֑הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • לְבִלְתִּ֛יto not

    leviltiH1115 →112 times

  • הוֹתִ֥ירto leave

    hotirH3498 →106 times

  • לָכֶ֖םfor <the> yourselves

    lakhem

  • שְׁאֵרִֽית׃a remnant

    sheeritH7611 →66 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Habakkuk 2:10You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life.6 worksJeremiah 51:22With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden.5 worksEzekiel 33:11Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’4 worksNumbers 16:38As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the Israelites.”4 worksJeremiah 9:21For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.3 worksJoshua 6:21At the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.3 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Jeremiah 7:19But am I the One they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?3 worksJeremiah 44:14so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone to reside in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, where they long to return and live; for none will return except a few fugitives.”3 worksProverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.3 works1 Samuel 15:3Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”3 worksDeuteronomy 32:25Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.3 worksLamentations 2:11My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.3 worksJudges 21:11This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”3 worksProverbs 15:32He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.3 worksJeremiah 44:8Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.3 worksProverbs 8:36But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”2 worksJeremiah 25:7‘But to your own harm, you have not listened to Me,’ declares the LORD, ‘so you have provoked Me to anger with the works of your hands.’2 worksJeremiah 44:11–12Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Ezekiel 33:11

    Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live.…

    it leads to

    • 1 Timothy 2:4

      who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

    • Ezekiel 18:23

      Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live?

    • 2 Peter 3:9

      The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.

    • Isaiah 55:6–7

      Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

    • Acts 3:19

      Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,

  • Through

    Jeremiah 51:22

    With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden.

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 36:17

      So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Isaiah 13:18

      Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 9:21

    For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 6:11

      But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

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About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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