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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 44:1-14

The Jews in Egypt were now dispersed into various parts of the country, into Migdol, and Noph, and other places, and Jeremiah was sent on an errand from God to them, which he delivered either when he had the most of them together in Pathros (Jer. 44:15) or going about from place to place preaching to this purport. He delivered this message in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, and in it, I. God puts them in mind of the desolations of Judah and Jerusalem, which, though the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:1

The word which came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt ,.... Or, "unto all the Jews" F20 אל כל היהודים "ad omnes Judaeos", V. L. Castalio, Cocceius, Schmidt; "erga omnes", Pagninus, Montanus. ; the word came to him, that it might be delivered to them; or, "against all the Jews" F21 "Contra omnes Judaeos", Junius & Tremellius; "de, vel contra", Piscator. ; they having gone into Egypt contrary to the will of God, and committing... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:2

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ,.... In which manner the prophecies of this book are frequently prefaced; see Jeremiah 42:15 ; ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah ; they saw it with their bodily eyes; they could not but serve it in their minds; nay, had an experimental knowledge of it; they suffered it in part themselves, and must be convicted in their own consciences that it was from the hand of the Lord: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:3

Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger ,.... The cause of this desolation was the wickedness they were guilty of; whereby they provoked the anger of God to bring this destruction on them. Sin is always provoking unto God; and though it may not be done on purpose to provoke him, which it sometimes seems to be; yet it eventually does, and is always the cause of punishment: God never punishes man without a cause, or for anything but sin: in that they... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 44:1

The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews - Dahler supposes this discourse to have been delivered in the seventeenth or eighteenth year after the taking of Jerusalem. Which dwell at Migdol - A city of Lower Egypt, not far from Pelusium. Tahpanhes - Daphne Pelusiaca, the place to which the emigrant Jews first went. Noph - מפס Maphes , Targum. Memphis. a celebrated city of Middle Egypt, and the capital of its district. The country of Pathros - A district of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 44:2

No man dwelleth therein - The desolation of the land of Judea must have been exceedingly great when this, in almost any sense, could be spoken of it. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 44:1

Verse 1 Jeremiah had already prophesied against the Jews, who had taken refuge in Egypt, as though there would be for them in that rich and almost unassailable land a safe and quiet retreat. But he now speaks against them for another reason, and denounces on them something more grievous than before, even because they had not only gone into Egypt against God’s will, but when they came there they polluted themselves with all kinds of superstition. God, no doubt, designed, in due time, to prevent... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 44:2

Verse 2 He now begins with reproof, because they were so stupid as not to remember the vengeance which God had executed on themselves and on the whole nation. They had been left alive for this end, that they might acknowledge God’s judgment, and thus return to a right mind. Here, then, the Prophet upbraids them with their insensibility, that they had profited nothing under the scourges of God. They commonly say that fools, when they are beaten, become wise. As then the Jews had not repented,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 44:3

Verse 3 He afterwards adds, For the evil which they did to provoke me. He refers to the sins by which the Jews had provoked the wrath of God; for the people whom Jeremiah addressed had relapsed into those superstitions which had been the cause of their ruin. Had the Prophet spoken generally and said, that it was strange that the Jews had forgotten the punishment which had been inflicted by God on the whole nation, his doctrine would not have been so impressive. But when he now points out as by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 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 8:1-22 .) and Tahpanhes or Daphnae, others further south to Noph, i.e. Memphis, or, less probably, Napata (see on Jeremiah 2:16 ), and Pathros ( i.e. Upper Egypt; comp. Isaiah 11:11 ). read more

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