Jeremiah 44:9
in Jeremiah 44Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers and of the kings of Judah and their wives, as well as the wickedness that you and your wives committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
KJV
Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
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This verse in Jeremiah 44
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The wickedness of their wives - Many accept the reading of the Septuagint: the “wickedness of your princes.” “The kings, the princes, the people,” and finally “their wives,” is a summary enumeration of all classes, by whose united persistence in sin the ruin of their country had been consummated.
This site's exposition
Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls
on Jeremiah 44:7-10
The question is framed as self-harm rather than mere rebellion, to cut off man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, leaving none to remain. Verse 9 recites the wickedness across generations and both sexes, the kings' own wives named beside the ordinary people, so that no class escapes the reckoning. Verse 10's diagnosis is stated flatly, not humbled even unto this day, the exile itself having taught nothing, which the bench sets against the new covenant's promise of a circumcised heart given only three chapters earlier as the reason the old arrangement could not hold this company.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
In the original it is, And of his wives, which, Dr. Lightfoot thinks, tacitly reflects upon Solomon's wives, particularly his Egyptian wives, to whom the idolatry of the kings of Judah owed its original. "Have you forgotten this, and what came of it, that you dare venture upon the same wicked courses?" See Neh. xiii.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Have you forgotten how the wickednesses of your fathers were the source of the greatest calamities to you? their wives--The Jews' worldly queens were great promoters of idolatry (1Ki 11:1-8; 16:31). the land of Judah--They defiled the land which was holy unto God.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
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
22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַֽשְׁכַחְתֶּם֩ | hashkhachtem | ¿ have you forgotten | H7911 → | 102 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| רָע֨וֹת | raot | [the] wicked deeds of | H7451 → | 662 times |
| אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֜ם | ʾavoteikhem | ancestors your | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| רָע֣וֹת׀ | raot | [the] wicked deeds of | H7451 → | 662 times |
| מַלְכֵ֣י | malkhei | [the] kings of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יְהוּדָ֗ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וְאֵת֙ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| רָע֣וֹת | raot | [the] wicked deeds of | H7451 → | 662 times |
| נָשָׁ֔יו | nashav | wives his | H802 → | 781 times |
| וְאֵת֙ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| רָעֹ֣תֵכֶ֔ם | raotekhem | wicked deeds your | H7451 → | 662 times |
| וְאֵ֖ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| רָעֹ֣ת | raot | [the] wicked deeds of | H7451 → | 662 times |
| נְשֵׁיכֶ֑ם | nesheikhem | wives your | H802 → | 781 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשׂוּ֙ | ʾasu | they did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| בְּאֶ֣רֶץ | beeretz | in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| יְהוּדָ֔ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וּבְחֻצ֖וֹת | uvechutzot | and in [the] streets of | H2351 → | 164 times |
| יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ | yerushalim | Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
הַֽשְׁכַחְתֶּם֩¿ have you forgotten
hashkhachtemH7911 →102 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
רָע֨וֹת[the] wicked deeds of
raotH7451 →662 times
אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֜םancestors your
ʾavoteikhemH1 →1212 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
רָע֣וֹת׀[the] wicked deeds of
raotH7451 →662 times
מַלְכֵ֣י[the] kings of
malkheiH4428 →2525 times
יְהוּדָ֗הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
וְאֵת֙and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
רָע֣וֹת[the] wicked deeds of
raotH7451 →662 times
נָשָׁ֔יוwives his
nashavH802 →781 times
וְאֵת֙and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
רָעֹ֣תֵכֶ֔םwicked deeds your
raotekhemH7451 →662 times
וְאֵ֖תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
רָעֹ֣ת[the] wicked deeds of
raotH7451 →662 times
נְשֵׁיכֶ֑םwives your
nesheikhemH802 →781 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עָשׂוּ֙they did
ʾasuH6213 →2628 times
בְּאֶ֣רֶץin [the] land of
beeretzH776 →2504 times
יְהוּדָ֔הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
וּבְחֻצ֖וֹתand in [the] streets of
uvechutzotH2351 →164 times
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃Jerusalem
yerushalimH3389 →643 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
Jeremiah 44:21“As for the incense you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem—you, your fathers, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land—did the LORD not remember and…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 44:17
Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials…
- Psalms 79:8
Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.
- Jeremiah 14:10
This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their guilt and…
- Isaiah 64:9
Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!
- Jeremiah 11:13
Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’
- Jeremiah 44:17
About Jeremiah
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PlaceJerusalemJerusalemThe city David took from the Jebusites and made his capital, where Solomon built the temple, where Christ was crucified and rose,…
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.