エレミヤ書 44:2-28 JC

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:9

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... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:10

They are not humbled even unto this day ,.... Not contrite under a sense of their sins, nor truly penitent for them; not humbled before God nor man, so as to acknowledge them, mourn over them, and forsake them. The Targum is, "they cease not unto this day;' that is, from committing the same things; which shows they had no true humiliation and contrition for them. This is to be understood, not of the Jews in Babylon only, but chiefly of those in Egypt; there being a change of person... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:11

Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ,.... Because of these sins of idolatry, impenitence, and disobedience: I will set my face against you for evil ; to bring the evil of punishment upon them, for the evil of sin committed by them: this the Lord determined with himself, and resolved to do; which the phrase, "setting his face against them ", is expressive of, by way of retaliation for their setting their faces to go down to Egypt, as well as of his wrath and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:12

And I will take the remnant of Judah ,.... Such as remained of that tribe in the land of Judea after the captivity: and not all of them, but such that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there : who were bent upon going thither, notwithstanding all the remonstrances made to them to the contrary; and were gone thither, and were now actually sojourners there: this describes such persons who wilfully, and of their own accord, went thither; and excepts those who were... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:13

For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt ,.... Or "visit"; in a way of wrath and vengeance; meaning not the native inhabitants of Egypt; though these should be punished, and in whose punishment the Jews would be involved; but here it means the Jews that dwelt in Egypt, who went thither contrary to the will of God, and there settled: as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence ; signifying that the same punishment that came upon the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:14

So that none of the remnant of Judah ,.... Which were left in the land of Judea after the captivity: which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain ; escape either the sword, or the famine, or the pestilence, or remain in the land of Egypt, or in the land of the living; so general should be the destruction: that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return there ; or, "have lift up their souls F2 מנשאים את... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:15

Then all the men which knew that their wires had burnt incense unto other gods ,.... Which was a rite God appointed to be used in his worship; and is here put for the whole of religious worship, which was given to idols by the Jewish women; this their husbands knew of, and winked at, and did not restrain them from it, as they should; they seem to be themselves irreligious persons, a sort of atheists, who had no regard for the true God, nor any other gods, and cared not who were worshipped: ... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:16

As for the word that thou has, spoken unto us in the name of the Lord ,.... Which they did not believe that it came from the Lord, but was a device of the prophet's, and a lie, as in Jeremiah 43:2 ; and if it did come from the Lord, their impudence was risen to such a pitch, that they were determined not to regard it: we will not hearken unto thee : to thy words; neither to thy exhortations, reproofs, or menaces, even though thou comest and speakest in the name of the Lord. This, and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:17

But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth out of our own mouth ,.... And not what went out of the mouth of God, or his prophet: but whoever they had resolved on within themselves to do, and had declared with their mouths they would, or had vowed with their lips; so Abarbinel interprets it of a vow; this they were determined to perform, let God and his prophet say what they would: to burn incense unto the queen of heaven ; which, according to Abarbinel, was the moon, which is the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:18

But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven ,.... Or were restrained from it, as the Targum, through the force of the prophet's sermons, or by the authority of their governors: this Abarbinel thinks was in the times of Jehoiakim, Jehoiakim and Zedekiah; but perhaps it only regards some space of time in the latter part of Zedekiah's reign, a little before the destruction of Jerusalem, when they refrained from their idolatry; fearing the wrath of God, and what was coming upon... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:18

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