エレミヤ書 44:12-14 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 44:1-30

The end of Jeremiah; or, going down in clouds. With this chapter Jeremiah disappears from view. The sadness which surrounded his first ministry accompanies it to the last and deepens at its close; like a sunset in clouds, going down in darkness and storm, The path along which he had been led had been via crucis, a via dolorosa indeed; a lifelong tragedy, an unceasing pain. We can only hope that death came soon to him after his recorded history closes. We have seen him torn from his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 44:11-14

The doom on those making sure of safety in Egypt. I. A FIXED RESOLUTION . The obstinate self-will of man brings into relief the inflexibility of the righteous judgments of God. The remnant of Judah set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there. What, then, is to be expected but that Jehovah should set his face against them? The more self-will becomes a power in the life, the more nearly does it move in direct opposition to him who is the true Sovereign and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 44:14

They have a desire; literally, they lift up their soul (comp. Jeremiah 22:27 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 44:14

Literally, “And there shall not be to the remnant of Judah, which are going to sojourn there in the land of Egypt, one that escapes or remains etc.” The word rendered “escapes” means one who slips away, saves himself by a stealthy flight Genesis 14:13; the word “remains,” one who survives when all the rest perish Job 18:19. Of all those now going down to Egypt none shall return to Judaea except a few miserable fugitives, who shall steal away as men who flee in battle 2 Samuel 19:3. For really... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 44:11-14

Jeremiah 44:11-14. 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 against those who went to Egypt were not denounced because it was a sin in itself for the Jews to leave their country, and seek a securer habitation in Egypt, but because, in so doing, they showed their distrust of God’s power or goodness, as if he were not able or willing to... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:1-30

Message to the Judeans in Egypt (44:1-30)Once they had settled down in Egypt, the Judeans soon copied Egyptian religious practices. Jeremiah begins his warnings to them with the reminder of what happened to Jerusalem. The city was destroyed and the people of Judah sent into Babylonian exile because of their false religion and idolatry (44:1-6). Yet the Judeans who escaped to Egypt have not heeded the lesson. God had promised to preserve a minority of the people taken captive to Babylon, but he... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 44:13

as = according as. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 44:14

have a desire = lift up their soul. Hebrew. nephesh, App-13 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 44:14

Jeremiah 44:14. So that none, &c.— Houbigant renders the last clause, Nor shall they return, except a few who shall escape. It is evident from Jer 44:28 that some Jews were to escape the general destruction in Egypt, and to return into their own country, although but a few; and the same thing is implied in the latter sentence of this verse. But the former part of this verse excludes out of the number of escapers every individual of those that were called properly, the remnant of Judah,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 44:14

14. none . . . shall escape . . . that they should return, c.—The Jews had gone to Egypt with the idea that a return to Judea, which they thought hopeless to their brethren in Babylon, would be an easy matter to themselves in Egypt: the exact reverse should happen in the case of each respectively. 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. have a... read more