Jeremiah 44:22
in Jeremiah 44So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.
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ASV
so that Jehovah could not longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land become a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day.
KJV
So that the Lord could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.
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This verse in Jeremiah 44
Commentary
9 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women
on Jeremiah 44:20-23
Jeremiah answers that the LORD remembered the incense they burned. “So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed.” The ruin they blame is the result of their worship: “Because you burned incense and sinned against the LORD,” this disaster has befallen them.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers3 voices
God spoke to sinners through his prophet, because "the Lord remembered these things and," he says, "he ascended over his heart, and the Lord was not able to bear more because of the evil of your endeavors and the abominations that you have done; and …
He reminds them (as they have it fresh in their memory) of all the evils perpetuated by their ancestors and by their kings and mighty people, and he reminds them of the misfortunes of all kinds brought to bear against them. And he threatens them, …
But none of these things struck fear in these wretched, no, three-times wretched individuals, but they all clamored—men and women alike, but especially the Babylonians—"We cannot endure your words." What is even worse than this is that, although they thought that these words were divine, …
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.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture
), but began a controversy with them, whereupon some of them did a little reform; their sins left them, for so it might be said, rather than that they left their sins.
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3 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
So that the Lord could no longer forbear,.... He did forbear a long time, and did not stir up all his wrath, but waited to see if these people would repent of their sins, and turn from them; during which time of his forbearance, things might be well with them, as they had said, and they enjoyed peace and plenty; but persisting in their sins, and growing worse and worse, he could bear with them no longer, but brought down his judgments upon them.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Therefore is your land a desolation - I grant that ye and your husbands have joined together in these abominations; and what is the consequence? “The Lord could no longer bear because of your evil doings; and therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, this day.”
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Could no longer bear - The prophet corrects in these words the error of their argument in Jer 44:17. God is long-suffering, and therefore punishment follows slowly upon sin.
The words behind it
21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יוּכַל֩ | yukhal | he was able | H3201 → | 194 times |
| יְהוָ֨ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| ע֜וֹד | od | still | H5750 → | 490 times |
| לָשֵׂ֗את | laset | to endure | H5375 → | 656 times |
| מִפְּנֵי֙ | mipenei | <from> because of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| רֹ֣עַ | roa' | [the] wickedness of | H7455 → | 19 times |
| מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֔ם | maaleikhem | deeds your | H4611 → | 41 times |
| מִפְּנֵ֥י | mipenei | <from> because of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הַתּוֹעֵבֹ֖ת | hatoevot | the abominations | H8441 → | 117 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עֲשִׂיתֶ֑ם | ʾasitem | you did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| וַתְּהִ֣י | vatehi | and it has become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| אַ֠רְצְכֶם | ʾartzekhem | land your | H776 → | 2504 times |
| לְחָרְבָּ֨ה | lecharebah | <into> a desolation | H2723 → | 42 times |
| וּלְשַׁמָּ֧ה | uleshamah | and <into> a waste | H8047 → | 39 times |
| וְלִקְלָלָ֛ה | veliklalah | and <into> a curse | H7045 → | 33 times |
| מֵאֵ֥ין | meein | from not | H369 → | 789 times |
| יוֹשֵׁ֖ב | yoshev | inhabitant | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| כְּהַיּ֥וֹם | kehaiyom | as the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
יוּכַל֩he was able
yukhalH3201 →194 times
יְהוָ֨הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
ע֜וֹדstill
odH5750 →490 times
לָשֵׂ֗אתto endure
lasetH5375 →656 times
מִפְּנֵי֙<from> because of
mipeneiH6440 →2123 times
רֹ֣עַ[the] wickedness of
roa'H7455 →19 times
מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֔םdeeds your
maaleikhemH4611 →41 times
מִפְּנֵ֥י<from> because of
mipeneiH6440 →2123 times
הַתּוֹעֵבֹ֖תthe abominations
hatoevotH8441 →117 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עֲשִׂיתֶ֑םyou did
ʾasitemH6213 →2628 times
וַתְּהִ֣יand it has become
vatehiH1961 →3559 times
אַ֠רְצְכֶםland your
ʾartzekhemH776 →2504 times
לְחָרְבָּ֨ה<into> a desolation
lecharebahH2723 →42 times
וּלְשַׁמָּ֧הand <into> a waste
uleshamahH8047 →39 times
וְלִקְלָלָ֛הand <into> a curse
veliklalahH7045 →33 times
מֵאֵ֥יןfrom not
meeinH369 →789 times
יוֹשֵׁ֖בinhabitant
yoshevH3427 →1079 times
כְּהַיּ֥וֹםas the day
kehaiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּֽה׃<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 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
Isaiah 7:13Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well?
it leads to
- Isaiah 43:24
You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 43:24
Through
Jeremiah 25:11And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
it leads to
- Daniel 9:2
in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.
- Zechariah 1:12
Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”
- 2 Chronicles 36:21–22
So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD through Jeremiah.
- Zechariah 7:5
“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?
- Jeremiah 25:12
But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting…
- Daniel 9:2
Through
Malachi 2:17You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He…
it leads to
- 2 Peter 3:3–4
Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
- Isaiah 5:18–20
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,
- 2 Peter 3:3–4
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Salvian the Presbyter, THE GOVERNANCE OF GOD 6:8 and Theodoret of Cyrus, ON JEREMIAH 8:44.
