エレミヤ書 44:20-22 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 44:15-23

Credentials of religion. Very important to know why we prefer one religious system to another, and also why we ought to prefer it. A man is continually in need of having to give a reason for the hope that is in him. The higher religions find the field already occupied by many great systems, and have to vindicate themselves. The arguments employed here are those most commonly adduced, because most superficial. As appealing to the sensuous and material side of human nature, they are very... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 44:20-30

Jeremiah's rejoinder. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 44:21

Remember them ; i.e. the repeated acts of idolatry. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 44:22

The limit of God's forbearance. I. GOD 'S FORBEARANCE IS LIMITED . There is no limit to his love. His mercy "endureth forever." There is no limit to his patience, his endurance of the most provoking wickedness. But there is a limit to God's forbearance. Consider what determines this. 1 . Justice. There is a point where necessary justice must interfere to prevent further wrong and punish what is already done. 2 . The good of the community. Mercy to the criminal may... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 44:21

Them - The various acts of idolatry involved in burning incense to an image. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 44:22

Could no longer bear - The prophet corrects in these words the error of their argument in Jeremiah 44:17. God is long-suffering, and therefore punishment follows slowly upon sin. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 44:20-23

Jeremiah 44:20-23. Then Jeremiah said, The incense that ye burned, &c. In these verses the prophet shows that they interpreted the dispensations of God’s providence toward them in a sense directly contrary to their true intent and meaning. They concluded that their omission of late to burn incense to the queen of heaven was the cause of the calamities which had befallen them; but the prophet shows them that the true cause was, not their leaving off that practice, but their being... 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