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
7 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
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
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.
Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
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.
Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers - It seems that the women were principal agents in idolatrous practices; for the queens - the wives, of rulers and of common people, burnt incense to the queen of heaven, (the moon), Jer 44:17, and poured out drink-offerings to her.
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
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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 Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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; John Chrysostom, HOMILIES ON ROMANS 14; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.