Jeremiah 44:8
in Jeremiah 44Why 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.
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ASV
in that ye provoke me unto anger with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye are gone to sojourn; that ye may be cut off, and that ye may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
KJV
In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
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This verse in Jeremiah 44
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Egypt--where they polluted themselves to ingratiate themselves with the Egyptians. ye be gone--not compelled by fear, but of your own accord, when I forbade you, and when it was free to you to stay in Judea. that ye might cut yourselves off--They, as it were, purposely courted their own ruin.
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 Church Fathers1 voice
Then, since they kept on in a state of incurable madness, and were not to be sobered even by the rest being carried away, he first exhorts them to remain there. But when they kept not up to this, but deserted to Egypt, this indeed He allowed them, but requires of them not to desert to irreligion as well as to Egypt. But when they did not comply in this either, He sendeth the prophet along with them, so that they might not after all suffer total wreck. For since they did not follow Him when He called, He next followeth them to discipline them, and hinder their being hurried further into vice, and as a father full of affection does a child who takes all treatment in the same peevish way, conducting him about everywhere with himself, and following him about. This was the reason why He sent not Jeremiah only into Egypt, but also Ezekiel into Babylon, and they did not refuse to go. For when they found their Master love the people exceedingly, they continued themselves to do so likewise.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), to cut off your name and honour; so that you will, both by your sin and by your misery, become a curse and a reproach among all nations. It will become a proverb, As wretched as a Jew.
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In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Cut yourselves off - Rather, cut (them, Jer 44:7) off from you.
The words behind it
23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְהַכְעִסֵ֙נִי֙ | lehakhiseni | by provoking to anger me | H3707 → | 54 times |
| בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣י | bemaasei | by [the] deeds of | H4639 → | 236 times |
| יְדֵיכֶ֔ם | yedeikhem | hands your | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| לְקַטֵּ֞ר | lekater | by making smoke | H6999 → | 116 times |
| לֵאלֹהִ֤ים | lelohim | to gods | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֲחֵרִים֙ | ʾacherim | other | H312 → | 166 times |
| בְּאֶ֣רֶץ | beeretz | in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מִצְרַ֔יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | where | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אַתֶּ֥ם | ʾatem | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| בָּאִ֖ים | baim | [have] come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| לָג֣וּר | lagur | to sojourn | H1481 → | 97 times |
| שָׁ֑ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| לְמַ֙עַן֙ | lemaan | so as | H4616 → | 272 times |
| הַכְרִ֣ית | hakhrit | to cut off | H3772 → | 288 times |
| לָכֶ֔ם | lakhem | to <the> yourselves | ||
| וּלְמַ֤עַן | ulemaan | and so as | H4616 → | 272 times |
| הֱיֽוֹתְכֶם֙ | heyotkhem | to become you | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לִקְלָלָ֣ה | liklalah | <into> a curse | H7045 → | 33 times |
| וּלְחֶרְפָּ֔ה | ulecherpah | and <into> a reproach | H2781 → | 73 times |
| בְּכֹ֖ל | bekhol | among all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| גּוֹיֵ֥י | goyei | [the] nations of | H1471 → | 561 times |
| הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | haaretz | the earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
לְהַכְעִסֵ֙נִי֙by provoking to anger me
lehakhiseniH3707 →54 times
בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣יby [the] deeds of
bemaaseiH4639 →236 times
יְדֵיכֶ֔םhands your
yedeikhemH3027 →1618 times
לְקַטֵּ֞רby making smoke
lekaterH6999 →116 times
לֵאלֹהִ֤יםto gods
lelohimH430 →2601 times
אֲחֵרִים֙other
ʾacherimH312 →166 times
בְּאֶ֣רֶץin [the] land of
beeretzH776 →2504 times
מִצְרַ֔יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
אֲשֶׁר־where
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
אַתֶּ֥םyou
ʾatemH859 →1094 times
בָּאִ֖ים[have] come
baimH935 →2568 times
לָג֣וּרto sojourn
lagurH1481 →97 times
שָׁ֑םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
לְמַ֙עַן֙so as
lemaanH4616 →272 times
הַכְרִ֣יתto cut off
hakhritH3772 →288 times
לָכֶ֔םto <the> yourselves
lakhem
וּלְמַ֤עַןand so as
ulemaanH4616 →272 times
הֱיֽוֹתְכֶם֙to become you
heyotkhemH1961 →3559 times
לִקְלָלָ֣ה<into> a curse
liklalahH7045 →33 times
וּלְחֶרְפָּ֔הand <into> a reproach
ulecherpahH2781 →73 times
בְּכֹ֖לamong all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
גּוֹיֵ֥י[the] nations of
goyeiH1471 →561 times
הָאָֽרֶץ׃the earth
haaretzH776 →2504 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
Jeremiah 44:3because of the evil they have done. They provoked Me to anger by continuing to burn incense and to serve other gods that neither they nor you nor your fathers ever knew.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 29:26
They went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known—gods that the LORD had not given to them.
- Deuteronomy 13:6
If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor…
- Deuteronomy 32:17
They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear.
- Deuteronomy 29:26
Through
2 Chronicles 7:20then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:37
You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
- 2 Kings 17:20
So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.
- Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.
- 1 Kings 14:15
For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the…
- Deuteronomy 28:37
Through
Jeremiah 42:18For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 7:20
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce…
- Jeremiah 7:20
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, HOMILIES ON ROMANS 14; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.