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Jeremiah 44:29,30

JEREMIAH—NOTE ON Jeremiah 44:29 God offers the people a sign: when Egypt’s current king dies, they will know that God has spoken truly. Hophra ruled Egypt c. 589–570 B.C. He supported Zedekiah against Babylon (Jeremiah 37:5), so he was probably a special favorite of the Judeans. hand of his enemies. Domestic enemies overthrew Hophra in 570 B.C. and killed him three years later.

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See also Jeremiah 44:29,30 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    See introd. summary of the ch....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And this shall be the sign_ It has been inferred, but unnecessarily, from the close correspondence of these _vv_. with the above piece of history that these two verses are an interpolation made after...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil: THIS SHALL BE A SIGN UNTO YOU - the ca...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The sign referred to, viz. Nebuchadnezzar's invasion of Egypt, did not take place till 586 b.c. For other instances of a sign not to take effect for a considerable time after its announcement cp. Exod...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ זֹאת ־לָכֶ֤ם הָ אֹות֙ נְאֻם ־יְהוָ֔ה

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Jeremiah seals his prophecy by adding a sign which yet was to be coincident with it. It was not then, as they say, a premonstrative sign. And doubtless the Jews were wholly unworthy that God should sh...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THIS [SHALL BE] A SIGN UNTO YOU, SAITH THE LORD, THAT I WILL PUNISH YOU IN THIS PLACE,.... In Egypt, as before threatened; and what follows is a confirming sign that so it would be; and which, whe...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And this [shall be] a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil: Ver. 29. _That I will punish you in...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And this shall be a sign unto you_ Signs are usually antecedent to the thing signified, as Isaiah 38:7; but here, as Exodus 3:12; Isaiah 37:30, and Luke 2:12, th

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Answer of the Jews and the Lord's Prophecy of Punishment...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the Lord, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that My words shall surely stand against you for evil:...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Signs are usually antecedent to the thing signified, but the word is taken in a larger notion in this place, for that which should attend the thing signified by it, as EXODUS 3:12; besides, though the...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 44:29 sign H226 says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068 punish H6485 (H8802) place H4725 know H3045 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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'...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 2:34; Isaiah 40:8; Jeremiah 44:30; Luke 21:20; Luke 21:21;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    This shall be a sign — Signs are usually antecedent to the thing signified, but the word is taken in a larger notion in this place for that which should attend the thing signified by it....

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