shall escape . JEREMIAH REPROVES THE JEWS FOR THEIR IDOLATRY IN EGYPT, AND DENOUNCES GOD'S JUDGMENTS ON THEM AND EGYPT ALIKE. This book contains prophecies attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. commit . Some ancient manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008). 26. . we . The chapters that follow were written earlier—except for the final chapter, 52, which appears to have been added by someone else in later years. And neither have you exiles listened, declares the LORD." 2 44:2 “The Lord God of Israel who rules over all 3 says, ‘You have seen all the disaster I brought on Jerusalem 4 and all the towns of Judah. Noph - … [15], A high resolution scan of the Aleppo Codex showing the, Jerusalem Bible (1966), Footnote a at Jeremiah 44. . my name shall no more be named--The Jews, heretofore, amidst all their idolatry, had retained the form of appeal to the name of God and the law, the distinctive glory of their nation; God will allow this no more ( Ezekiel 20:39 ): there shall be none left there to profane His name thus any more. A city east of Egypt, towards the Red Sea ( Exodus 14:2 , Numbers 33:7 ). Their husbands' connivance implicated them in the guilt. 44 This word came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in Lower Egypt —in Migdol, Tahpanhes and Memphis —and in Upper Egypt: 2 “This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: You saw the great disaster I brought on Jerusalem and on all the towns of Judah. It is not God whom you injure, but yourselves. Eine subliminale Bedeutung von עפרח in Jeremia 44,30, in: UF 42 (2011), S. 677–691 for the writing of this particular name. 8. in . New International Version. [1] Chapters 42-44 describe the emigration to Egypt involving the remnant who remained in Judah after much of the population was exiled to Babylon. . Read Bible Book Of Jeremiah Chapter 44 In Online. 1. The second person implies that God formerly had directly addressed them. All rights reserved. 27. watch over . . We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. 10. 1 This word came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in Lower Egypt--in Migdol, Tahpanhes and Memphis--and in Upper Egypt: 2 This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: You saw the great disaster I brought on … G The God, whose providence is ever solicitously watching over His people for good, shall solicitously, as it were, watch for their hurt. an army from the “north” as “an overflowing flood” to destroy the Philistines, and Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the city of “Ashkelon” (in 604 B.C.). v21 'The *LORD knew that you were burning *incense in the towns in Judah and the streets in Jerusalem. . In verse 5 he promises a certain fate to Baruch.And he’s going to hear God promise him a fate that is in stark contrast to that of the destruction that’s coming to the world. What little remains of religion were among them, would be lost. . {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}} . [4] Some fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, i.e., 2QJer (2Q13; 1st century CE[5]), with extant verses 1‑3, 12‑14. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. . . The incense . Jeremiah 29:19 I will do this because they have not listened to My words, declares the LORD, which I sent to them again and again through My servants the prophets. Jeremiah 44:1-30 . When fulfilled it would cease to be a sign to them: for they would be dead. 9. 25 - This Is What The Lord Almighty, The God Of Israel, Says: You And Your Wives Have Shown By Your Actions What You Promised When You Said, 'We Will Certainly Carry Out The Vows We Made To Burn Incense And Pour Out Drink Offerings To The Queen Of Heaven.' Migdol--meaning a "tower." Amasis rebelled against, and overcame him, in the city Sais. (1-6) God speaks to His people regarding their past sins. 19. make . fathers . [19] In 570 BC Hophra was forced to rule together as co-regents with Amasis (or Ahmosis/Ahmose II), but three years later Hophra was overthrown and executed, while Amasis continued to be a sole ruler until his death in 526 BCE. . 1. Jeremiah 44:25 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows. testimonies--the judicial ( Daniel 9:11 Daniel 9:12 ). . The Jews whom God sent to Babylon were there weaned from idolatry, and were restored; those who went to Egypt by their perverse will were hardened in idolatry, and perished there. He calls it "a sign unto you," because God's prediction is equivalent to the event, so that they may even now take it as a sign. Egypt--where they polluted themselves to ingratiate themselves with the Egyptians. 44:1 The Lord spoke to Jeremiah concerning 1 all the Judeans who were living in the land of Egypt, those in Migdol, Tahpanhes, Memphis, and in the region of southern Egypt. Ver. [9] Jeremiah 44 is a part of the "Sixteenth prophecy (Jeremiah 40-45)" in the section of Prophecies interwoven with narratives about the prophet's life (Jeremiah 26-45). of have a desire--literally, "lift up (their) soul," that is, their hopes (compare Jeremiah 22:27 , Margin; Deuteronomy 24:15 , Margin). . He was in Egypt and was confronted again with widespread idolatry by the Judeans, a total disregard for YHWH's revelation/covenant. vows--Jeremiah hereby gives them up to their own fatal obstinacy. this . What Baruch said. mouths, and fulfilled with . . The source of all superstitions is that men oppose their own will and fancies to God's commands. . [15] Hophra is the fourth king (counting from Psamtik I) of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt, ruling 589-570 BCE. {P}: open parashah; {S}: closed parashah. Copyright © 2021, Bible Study Tools. Have you forgotten how the wickednesses of your fathers were the source of the greatest calamities to you? the land of Judah--They defiled the land which was holy unto God. . Instead of helping one another towards heaven, husband and wife often ripen one another for hell. . . Jeremiah 44:23 Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day. Swete's Introduction mostly agrees with Rahlfs' edition (=CATSS). . without our men--The women mentioned ( Jeremiah 44:15 ); "a great multitude" here speak: we have not engaged in secret night orgies which might justly be regarded unfavorably by our husbands: our sacred rites have been open, and with their privity. Their very land in its present desolation attests this ( Jeremiah 44:22 ), as was foretold ( Jeremiah 25:11 Jeremiah 25:18 Jeremiah 25:38 ). The following table is taken with minor adjustments from Brenton's Septuagint, page 971. The Jews being "punished in this place" will be a sign that their view is false, and God's threat true. [18] He forged an alliance with Zedekiah to rebel against Babylon (Jeremiah 37:5), sending an army in the summer of 588 BC, but that action failed to prevent the fall of Jerusalem in July 587 BCE. The word to God’s people in Egypt. Nebuchadnezzar and his armies would become a “sword of the Lord”. (Jeremiah 44:19) "The cakes were made in the form of a crescent, representing the moon," [11] believed to have been especially sacred to the Queen of Heaven. They impute their calamities to their service of God, but these are often marks of His favor, not of wrath, to do His people good at their latter end ( Deuteronomy 8:16 ). Jeremiah 32:34 They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it. G . Jeremiah 44:29 tn Heb “This will be to you the sign, oracle of the Lord, that I will punish you in this place, in order that you may know that my threats against you for evil/disaster/harm will certainly stand [see the translator’s note on the preceding verse for the meaning of this word here].” . This is what the Lord of Armies, 161) and Diodorus (i. KJV Jeremiah 44:1 ¶ The word that came to Jeremiah. goeth . Chapters 42-44 describe the emigration to Egypt involving the remnant who … . KING JAMES VERSION (KJV) TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT. So Esau ( Hebrews 12:16 ). A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; This chapter is part of a narrative section consisting of chapters 37 to the present one. He succeeded Psammis, the successor of Pharaoh-necho, who was beaten by Nebuchadnezzar at Carchemish, on the Euphrates. 18. [12] Pathros refers to Upper Egypt; Noph is the same as Memphis, in Lower Egypt. Jeremiah 44:19 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Jeremiah 44:19, NIV: "The women added, 'When we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, did not our husbands know that we were making cakes impressed with her image and pouring out drink offerings to her?'" . Contrast Jeremiah 31:28 , 32:41 . . out of our . have both spoken with . CALVIN makes the "sign" to be simultaneous with the event signified, not antecedent to it, as in Exodus 3:12 . The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the instruction of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying, Listen to Pastor Robert Furrow as he continues his Commentary on Jeremiah picking up today in chapter 44, verse 1. humbled--literally, "contrite" ( Psalms 51:17 ). Jeremiah 44 is the last chapter the prophet wrote in his book. Irony is expressing meaning by using language that usually signifies the opposite. 23. law--the moral precepts. לקחתּי has the meaning of taking away, as in Jeremiah 15:15. The Lord uses the kings and armies of the nations to accomplish His purposes. Salem Media Group. Cf. 44:22 This is similar to the warnings of 25:9,11,18,38; 29:18; 42:18; 44:13. JEREMIAH 44:29. cakes to worship her--MAURER translates, "to form her image." [10], The order of Computer Assisted Tools for Septuagint/Scriptural Study (CATSS) based on Alfred Rahlfs' Septuaginta (1935) differs in some details from Joseph Ziegler's critical edition (1957) in Göttingen LXX. {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}} Jeremiah's final message 44:20-30. v20 Then Jeremiah spoke to all the men and women who were answering him. hand--ironical praise. He answers, no one can accuse you of unsteadiness as to your idolatrous vows; but steadfastness towards God ought to have prevented you from making, or, when made, from keeping such vows. sign unto you--The calamity of Pharaoh-hophra fall before his enemy, so you shall subsequently fall before Nebuchadnezzar ( Matthew 24:8 ) [GROTIUS]. "Go Ahead Then, Do What You Promised! 23. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; Jeremiah chapter 44. . The Jews in Egypt Will Be Punished for Their Idolatry The Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah about all the Jews living in Egypt at Migdol, Tahpanhes, Noph, and Pathros. Jeremiah 44:8 - provoking Me to anger with the works of your hands, burning sacrifices to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you are entering to reside, so that you might be cut off and become a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? Crescent-shaped cakes were offered to the moon. Jeremiah 44:1-30 . [16] His name is written as Ουαφρη[ς], Ouaphre[s] in the Greek Old Testament,[17] Ancient Greek: Ἁπρίης Apries by Herodotus (ii. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. I have sworn--I, too have made a vow which I will fulfil. [13], The same way Yahweh handed Zedekiah over to Nebuchadnezzar II (Jeremiah 39:5–7), Pharaoh Hophra (or Apries) (Hebrew: חפרע‎ Ḥāp̄əra‘) would be handed over to his enemies. . Christoffer Theis, Sollte Re sich schämen? mouth--whatever vow we have uttered to our gods ( Jeremiah 44:25 , Deuteronomy 23:23 , Judges 11:36 ). It is translated from the same Greek word as the word (pleroo) as the word "fulfill" in Matthew 5:17. In fact, God had often chastised them for their idolatry (see Judges 2:14 ); but it is the curse of impiety not to perceive the hand of God in calamities. Commentary on Jeremiah 44:20-30 (Read Jeremiah 44:20-30) Whatever evil comes upon us, it is because we have sinned against the Lord; we should therefore stand in awe, and sin not. Chapter 44. by my great name--that is, by Myself ( Genesis 22:16 ), the greatest by whom God can swear ( Hebrews 6:13 Hebrews 6:14 ). their wives--The Jews' worldly queens were great promoters of idolatry ( 1 Kings 11:1-8 , 15:13 , 16:31 ). did not the Lord remember--Jeremiah owns that they did as they said, but in retort asks, did not God repay their own evil-doing? Jeremiah 44 – A Word to God’s People in Egypt, Delivered and Rejected A. . This limitation of the words "all Judah" is necessarily required by the context, and is plainly expressed in Jeremiah 44:12, where "Judah" is specified as "the remnant of Judah that were determined to go to Egypt." Jeremiah delivers his final warning to the Jewish remnant that had refused to heed God's warnings. Q; 6th century).[8]. feared--( Proverbs 28:14 ). You and your *ancestors did it. 3. they went--implying perverse assiduity: they went out of their way to burn incense (one species of idolatry put for all kinds), &c. 7. now--after so many warnings. 1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,. 1. upon Jerusalem--If I spared not My own sacred city, much less shall ye be safe in Egypt, which I loathe. This worship of the Queen of Heaven had all kinds of astrological connotations, similar to that of practically all of the mythological gods and goddesses of antiquity. The original text was written in Hebrew. A city east of Egypt, towards the Red Sea ( Exodus 14:2 , Numbers 33:7 ). They wish to show how unreasonable it is that Jeremiah should oppose himself alone to the act of all, not merely women, but men also. for evil--( Jeremiah 1:10 , Ezekiel 7:6 ). 2. evil . The Jews believed Egypt impregnable, so shut in was it by natural barriers. . you--The third person puts them to a distance from God on account of their alienating themselves from Him. This chapter is divided into 30 verses. [6][7], There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint (with a different chapter and verse numbering), made in the last few centuries BCE. {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}} ( Exodus 14:2, Numbers 16:38, Proverbs 8:36 ) ''. [ 3 ] dynasty of,. 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