Jeremiah 44:19 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 44:15-19

We have here the people's obstinate refusal to submit to the power of the word of God in the mouth of Jeremiah. We have scarcely such an instance of downright daring contradiction to God himself as this, or such an avowed rebellion of the carnal mind. Observe, I. The persons who thus set God and his judgments at defiance; it was not some one that was thus obstinate, but the generality of the Jews; and they were such as knew either themselves or their wives to be guilty of the idolatry Jeremiah... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:19

And when we burnt incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her ,.... Which they owned they did, and which they were not ashamed of, and were determined to go on with; and were only sorry that they had at any time omitted such service: did we make cakes to worship her ; or, "to make her glad" F7 להעצבה "ad exhilarandum illud", Calvin; "ad laetificaudum eam", Munster, Pagninus. , as Kimchi; interpreting the word by an antiphrasis; it having a contrary... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 44:19

And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven - The Moon seems to have been called מלכת melecheth , as the sun was called מלך molech . The Hindoos pour out water to the sun thrice a day; and to the moon whenever they worship her. The idolatrous worship of these people was a sort of imitation of the worship of the true God; only sacrifice was not common in it. The factious women here tell us in what it consisted. They burnt incense to the moon, and perhaps to the sun and the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 44:19

Verse 19 They brought forward another argument, that they were not a small portion, but the whole people, who then flourished in prosperity, when they offered incense to idols. We know that but a few remained of that large multitude, which lived when the kingdom as yet existed. They said then that they were not the sole authors of this superstition, but that it was practiced by a large number of men, even the whole people, when Jerusalem was full of inhabitants, and the whole country. Some... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 44:1-30

Jeremiah's last sermon. There are other prophecies of Jeremiah recorded in this book in the chapters that remain, but this discourse is the last that we know of his delivering. And with it the curtain falls upon this great prophet of God; upon Baruch, his beloved companion and helper; and upon the wretched Jews for whose good he had laboured, but in vain. A long interval separates it from that in the previous chapter; for we see the people not now at Tahpanhes, at the border of Egypt, but... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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 44:15-19

The reply of the people. The special mention of the women suggests that the occasion of the gathering was a festival in honour of the Queen of Heaven. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 44:15-19

Supposed and real reasons for calamity. I. A SUPPOSED REASON . What is the calamity? Sword and famine. Certainly a calamity to be removed and as far as possible averted for the future. And casting about to discover a reason for the calamity, the men of Judah, or rather the women, for it is they who appear most prominently in this declaration, discover that the reason is to be found in the discontinuance of their offerings to the queen of heaven. What a family matter this offering was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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 44:19

This part of the reply belongs to the women, who declare that, their husbands' consent having been given to their vow, Jeremiah has no right to interfere (see Numbers 30:6 , Numbers 30:7 ). Burned …poured, etc.; rather, burn, pour. Did we, etc.; rather, do we, etc. To worship her. The sense of the Hebrew is doubtful; but the best reading seems that of Rashi, Graf, and Dr. Payne Smith, "to make her image." Without our men; rather, without our husbands. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 44:15-19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 44:19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 44:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 44:1-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 44:1-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 44:15-19

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 44:19

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