Jeremiah 44:9

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? HAVE YE FORGOTTEN ... Have ye forgotten how the wickednesses of your fathers were the source of the greatest calamities to you? THE WICKEDNESS OF THEIR WIVES. The Jewish queens were great promoters of idolatry, as Solomon's wives (1 Kings 11:1;, Maachah, Asa's mother, ; Jezebel, Ahab's wife, ). WHICH THEY COMMITTED IN THE LAND OF JUDAH - they defiled the la...

The Prophet now sets forth how extremely shameful was the insensibility of the Jews, in not acknowledging that God had most severely and grievously punished the superstitions to which they had previously been addicted. At the same time, if we regard the word used, he seems not to understand punishments by _evils, _but raffler the wicked deeds by which they had provoked God. And this ought to be observed, for some interpreters give this rendering, “Have you forgotten your evils and those of your fathers;_” _that is, how severely God had afflicted you? But there is no doubt but that the Prophet means by רעות, _rout, _their sins, by which they had exposed themselves to God’s judgment; for it immediately follows, _which they did, _or committed, _in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem _But though he means by this word the sins of the people, there is yet no doubt but that he in...

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 provoking to him; if you love your own souls, do not, for it is destructive to them. Let conscience do this for us in the hour of temptation. The Jews whom God sent into the land of the Chaldeans, were there, by the power of God's grace, weaned from idolatry; but those who went by their own perverse will into the land of the Egyptians, were there more attached than ever to their idolatries. When we thrust ourselves without cause or call into places of temptation, it is just with God to leave us to ourselves. If we walk contrary to God, he will walk contrary to us. The most awful miseries to which men are exposed, are occasioned by the neglect of offered salvation....

Verse Jeremiah 44:9. _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,) Jeremiah 44:17, and poured out drink-offerings to her....

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....

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, _which dwelt. _It appears from this verse that the Jewish fugitives had separated in Egypt, some going to the two northern frontier cities, Migdol (on which see R.S. Poole, 'The Cities of Egypt,' Jeremiah 8:1.) and Tahpanhes or Daphnae, others further south to Noph, _i.e. _Memphis, or, less probably, Napata (see on Jeremiah 2:16), and

HAVE YE FORGOTTEN THE WICKEDNESS OF YOUR FATHERS,.... And what judgments it brought upon them; meaning not their more remote ancestors in the wilderness, and the idolatry they committed, and the punishment inflicted upon them for it; but more near, such who lived a little before the destruction of Jerusalem, and whose sins had brought on that; and therefore could not be easily forgotten by them; or, if they were forgotten, it argued great stupidity: AND THE WICKEDNESS OF THE KINGS OF JUDAH, AND THE WICKEDNESS OF THEIR WIVES; by whom they were drawn into idolatry, particularly Solomon; and it is in the original text, "the wickedness of his wives" z; and Dr. Lightfoot thinks respect is had to Solomon's wives; but it may be understood distributively of everyone of their wives, as Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret it a: and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which you hav...

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 44:20) 5. The sign: Pharaoh-Hophra's Defeat (Jeremiah 44:29) Jeremiah 44:1. The message is concerning all the Jews who were now dwelling in Egypt. Besides being in Tahpanhes, they were also in Noph (Memphis) and

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 44:1). Why, then, do they repeat the offence, forgetting the past? Yahweh will destroy the remnant in Egypt, leaving fugitives only (Jeremiah 44:7). The assembled men and women refuse to abandon the worship of Ishtar (the queen of heaven, Jeremiah 7:18 *), which they have vowed (Jeremiah 44:17, out of our mouth, Judges 11:36); prosperity of old acc

WICKEDNESS. wickednesses, or wicked ways. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44. Note the Figure of speech _Repetitio_, used for great emphasis. THEIR WIVES. See Jeremiah 44:15....