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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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SHALL RETURN, &C. So that the king _'_. daughters either returned to
Judah or remained in Egypt....
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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...
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See introd. summary of the ch....
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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...
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Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land
of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that
are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know...
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44:28 company; (a-23) See Note, Deuteronomy 4:27 ....
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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...
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(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...
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וּ פְלִיטֵ֨י חֶ֜רֶב יְשֻׁב֨וּן מִן
־אֶ֧רֶץ מִ
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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...
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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...
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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...
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He at length adds that a few would escape. He had said before,
(Jeremiah 44:14) that there would be none, but added at the end of the
verse, _“but _such as shall escape.” We said that this second
clau...
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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...
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YET A SMALL NUMBER THAT SHALL ESCAPE THE SWORD,.... The sword of the
king of Babylon, and the other judgments, and which would be but very
few; "men of number" k, as in the Hebrew text, which might ea...
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Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land
of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that
are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know w...
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_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...
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The Answer of the Jews and the Lord's Prophecy of Punishment...
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Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land
of Egypt into the land of Judah, a band readily counted on account of
its smallness, whereas the entire contingent had planned to...
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MINE OR THEIRS:
_ Heb._ from me or from them...
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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...
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This justifieth the restrained interpretation of none _of the
remnant_, JEREMIAH 44:14; for here it is plainly said that some should
escape and return; but for the rest, they should there perish, and...
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Jeremiah 44:28 small H4962 number H4557 escape H6412 sword H2719
return H7725 (H8799) land H776 Egypt H4714 land
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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...
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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...
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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'...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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Isaiah 10:19; Isaiah 10:22; Isaiah 14:24; Isaiah 27:12; Isaiah 27:13