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Jeremiah 44:25

in Jeremiah 44

This 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.

This verse in Jeremiah 44

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

"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

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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 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.

  • 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 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

    Jude 1:13

    They 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.

  • Through

    Matthew 14:9

    The 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.”

Where this verse is studied

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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.

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.