Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Jeremiah 44:26
The Lord liveth — There shall not any be left alive of the Jews that are in Egypt, to swear The Lord God liveth.
The Lord liveth — There shall not any be left alive of the Jews that are in Egypt, to swear The Lord God liveth.
Earnest as was the preceding expostulation, Jeremiah sees that it has produced no effect. He therefore utters his last warning, and with this last resistance to the sins of a debased and godless peopl...
CHAPTER 44 _ 1. The message to the Jews (Jeremiah 44:1) _ 2. Their punishment (Jeremiah 44:11) 3. Worshipping the queen of heaven (Jeremiah 44:15) 4. Jehovah's answer ...
JEREMIAH 44. DENUNCIATION OF THE JEWISH WORSHIP OF ISHTAR IN EGYPT. Jeremiah points to the desolation of Judah as the experienced consequence of idolatry, notwithstanding Yahweh's warnings (Jeremiah 4...
I HAVE SWORN, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 22:16). THE LORD GOD. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. App-4....
See introd. summary of the ch....
_my name shall no more be named_ The Jews in Egypt shall be exterminated....
As these _vv_. stand, there is, if we take them literally, a considerable amount of contradiction (cp. Jeremiah 44:14). The Egyptian Jews are (Jeremiah 44:26) to perish completely; but (Jeremiah 44:27...
THAT MY NAME SHALL NO MORE BE NAMED, &C.— The Jews seem to have joined the worship of the true God with that of idols, as the Samaritans had done before them. Hence God declares, that he will not rece...
C. A Prophetic Affirmation Jeremiah 44:20-30 TRANSLATION (20) Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, the women and all the people who had answered him, (21) Did not the LORD remember and...
Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man o...
JEREMIAH'S LATEST PROPHECY (AFTER 586 B.C.). (THE PROPHECIES AGAINST THE GENTILE NATIONS (JEREMIAH 46-51) WERE MOSTLY UTTERED AFTER THE BATTLE OF CARCHEMISH, 605 B.C.) He denounces the unabated idola...
As being faithless to their covenant with God, they shall lose the right of calling upon His name as such....
(24-28) HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD... — The appeal to the experience of the past is followed by a prediction of the future, addressed to the wives as well as to the husbands. The new sin would lead to...
לָכֵן֙ שִׁמְע֣וּ דְבַר ־יְהוָ֔ה כָּל ־יְהוּדָ֕ה...
CHAPTER XV THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN Jeremiah 44:1 "Since we left off burning incense and offering libations to the Queen of Heaven, we have been in want of everything, and have been consumed by the swo...
The next prophecy in Egypt was of a fiery protest against the persistent rebellion of the people of God. The prophet reminded them of the patience of God, and of how His anger had already been poured...
Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name (n) shall no more be named in the mouth of any ma...
_Liveth. They swore by his name as by that of idols. God could not abide such company. (Calmet) --- Not one of these obstinate Jews shall be spared, ver. 14. Others, like Jeremias, the Septuagint [tra...
Here the Lord calls upon them to be prepared for the destruction of Egypt. No place, no kingdom shall give shelter to those whom God will punish. In their own land, or in the land of strangers, the Lo...
_Hear ye now, _he says, _the word of Jehovah, etc_. By these words, as I have already hinted, he intimates, that they could gain nothing by their insolence, except that they would thereby provoke God,...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 39 THROUGH 44. After this, chapter 39 and the following Chapter s give us the history of the confusion and iniquity that reigned among the remnant who were no...
THEREFORE HEAR YE THE WORD OF THE LORD, ALL JUDAH THAT DWELL IN THE LAND OF EGYPT,.... Jeremiah 44:24; since you have made your vows, and will perform them, I will take an oath, and abide by it: BEHO...
_Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man o...
_Jeremiah said, Hear all Judah that are in the land of Egypt_ That is, all you men and women that belong to Judah, and are now come to dwell in Egypt; _ye and your wives have spoken_ The Hebrew word ת...
The Answer of the Jews and the Lord's Prophecy of Punishment...
Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt, Behold, I have sworn by My great name, saith the Lord, by Himself as He has revealed Himself in His great and mighty...
20-30 Whatever evil comes upon us, it is because we have sinned against the Lord; we should therefore stand in awe, and sin not. Since they were determined to persist in their idolatry, God would go...
Seeing you are so fixed and peremptory, God is as resolved as you are; and as you think you must be religious to your wicked vows, so be assured God will be as religious to his oath; because he can sw...
Jeremiah 44:26 hear H8085 (H8798) word H1697 LORD H3068 Judah H3063 dwell H3427 (H8802) land H776 Egypt...
4). A FURTHER WORD CONFIRMING YHWH'S JUDGMENT ON ALL JEWS LIVING IN EGYPT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TURNED TO OTHER GODS AND ARE TRUSTING IN PHARAOH HOPHRA AS THEIR DELIVERER (24-39). We have here the last pr...
THE WORD OF YHWH COMES AGAINST ALL HIS PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN REFUGE IN EGYPT IN THE PAST BECAUSE INSTEAD OF LEARNING THEIR LESSON FROM WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO JERUSALEM THEY HAVE TURNED TO OTHER GODS, SO...
CONTENTS: Message to the Jews in Egypt. Further judgments threatened. Contempt of the people for the admonitions. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Pharaoh-hophra, Zedekiah, Nebuchadnezzar. CONCLUSION: God'...
Jeremiah 44:1. _Migdol_ was not far from the Red sea. Exodus 14:2. It was now a great city, being in several places put first by Jeremiah, situate only twelve hundred paces from Damiette. _Pathros_ wa...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 44:26 These Judeans have reversed salvation history by returning to EGYPT and her gods. So, God will take back the NAME he revealed to Moses ...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—A considerable interval must be placed between this chapter and the two preceding, which record their arrival in Egypt; for we here find th...
EXPOSITION Jeremiah's debate with the Jewish fugitives in Pathros; his last prophecy. JEREMIAH 44:1 Accusation brought against the obstinately idolatrous people. JEREMIAH 44:1 WHICH DWELL; rather,...
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt (Jeremiah 44:1), And this is Jeremiah's final message to the people. God's last word to the nation that have tur...
Amos 6:10; Amos 6:8; Amos 8:7; Deuteronomy 32:40; Ezekiel 20:39;...