He again denounces punishment on the obstinate; nor is it a wonder that these threatenings were so often repeated, since he had to do with men so ferocious and refractory. The reason then why he denounced on them God’s judgment, was because they boldly derided him; and it will become more evident from what follows how necessary was such vehemence.
ALL JUDAH - i. e., all Judah in Egypt, yet even there with exceptions (see Jeremiah 44:14, Jeremiah 44:28), while Judah in Babylon was entirely exempt from this denunciation....
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 WILL SET MY FACE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 17:10; Leviticus 20:3; Leviticus 20:5; Leviticus 20:6). App-92....
_I will set my face_ See on Jeremiah 21:10....
See introd. summary to the ch....
B. A Prophetic Admonition Jeremiah 44:1-19 Nothing is more inspiring than to see an old soldier of God faithful until death on the battlefield for the Lord. Chapter 44 offers the reader the last glimp...
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah. I WILL SET MY FACE TO CUT OFF ALL JUDAH - i:e., all the idolat...
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...
לָכֵ֗ן כֹּֽה ־אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאֹות֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י...
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...
_Face, to punish grievously, Ezechiel iv. 3., and xx. 35. (Calmet) --- All did not perish, but the far greatest part, ver. 14, 28. (Worthington)_...
Never surely could anything be more gracious than the Lord's repeated expostulations with the people. The Lord follows them into Egypt, whither they had fled in direct defiance of God's word; and yet...
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 THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL,.... Because of these sins of idolatry, impenitence, and disobedience: I WILL SET MY FACE AGAINST YOU FOR EVIL; to bring the evil of punishme...
_Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah._ Ver. 11. _Behold, I will set my face against you for evil._] I...
_I will set my face against you for evil_ See note on Jeremiah 21:10. _And I will take_ Or, _I will take away_, namely, by destruction; _the remnant of Judah_, &c. The direful punishments denounced ag...
Therefore, thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will set My face against you for evil and to cut off all Judah, namely, those who had gone to Egypt against His will. The Lord was...
JEREMIAH'S FIRST WARNING...
1-14 God reminds the Jews of the sins that brought desolations upon Judah. It becomes us to warn men of the danger of sin with all seriousness: Oh, do not do it! If you love God, do not, for it is pr...
THEREFORE THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL: these names are frequently given to God in threatening prophecies, partly to let this people know that God is able to make good his word, and...
Jeremiah 44:11 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 God H430 Israel H3478 set H7760 (H8802) face...
1). YHWH'S WORD AGAINST HIS PEOPLE WARNING OF HIS COMING JUDGMENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT HEEDED WHAT HE HAS DONE AGAINST JERUSALEM. THE REMNANT WHO HAVE ESCAPED TO EGYPT WILL BE DESTROYED (2-14). These...
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 44:11 Babylon will complete its role as an instrument of God’s wrath (Jeremiah 27:1) against Judah’s idolatrous REMNANT. Judah will
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 9:4; Ezekiel 14:7; Ezekiel 14:8; Ezekiel 15:7; Jeremiah 21:10;...