Jeremiah 44:25 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 44:20-30

Daring sinners may speak many a bold word and many a big word, but, after all, God will have the last word; for he will be justified when he speaks, and all flesh, even the proudest, shall be silent before him. Prophets may be run down, but God cannot; nay, here the prophet would not. I. Jeremiah has something to say to them from himself, which he could say without a spirit of prophecy, and that was to rectify their mistake (a wilful mistake it was) concerning the calamities they had been... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:25

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ,.... Which is an usual preface to prophecies coming from him: saying ; as follows: ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand ; they had said they would burn incense to the queen of heaven, and they had done it; they had been as good as their word, true to it, though in a bad thing: their words and works agreed, and so did the men and their wives: the women had before said they did not perform... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 44:25

Verse 25 Jeremiah pursues the same subject, and not only bitterly reproves the ungodly men who so pertinaciously despised his doctrine, but also shews that they could gain nothing by their audacity, because they would at length be violently broken down, as they could not bear to be corrected, he says at the beginning, Ye and your wives have spoken; the men are also included, Ye have spoken both men and women, and with your hands have fulfilled it; that is, your obstinacy is complete, for, as... 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 44:20-30

Jeremiah's rejoinder. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 44:25

With your hand; rather, with your hands. Ye will surely accomplish , etc.; rather, ye shall, etc; by all means perform your vows, and take the consequence. The irony of the passage is lost by the "will" of the Authorized Version. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 44:25

Sinful vows. I. SINFUL VOWS ARE AMONG THE MOST WICKED OF SINS . Some sins are committed hastily and in passion, these with more deliberation; some without strong desire, these most earnestly. II. IT IS A SIN TO PERFORM SINFUL VOWS . If we were not at liberty to make the vows, we are not at liberty to perform them. We cannot be bound to do that which we have no right to do. If we have promised to do an unlawful act, we should not consider that promise... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 44:24-30

Earnest as was the preceding expostulation, Jeremiah sees that it has produced no effect. He therefore utters his last warning, and with this last resistance to the sins of a debased and godless people, his earthly ministry closed.Jeremiah 44:25And fulfilled with your hand - Your hands. Jeremiah pointed to their hands, in which they were carrying the crescent-shaped cakes which they had vowed to the goddess. Their idolatry therefore was an accomplished deed, as the symbols held in their hands... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 44:24-28

Jeremiah 44:24-28. Jeremiah said, Hear all Judah that are in the land of Egypt That is, all you men and women that belong to Judah, and are now come to dwell in Egypt; ye and your wives have spoken The Hebrew word תדברנה , rendered have spoken, is of the feminine gender, and implies that the women were first and principally concerned in this idolatry, and that the men’s guilt lay chiefly in conniving at them, and suffering themselves to be seduced by them; saying, We will surely perform... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 44:20-30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:25

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 44:25

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 44:1-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 44:1-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 44:20-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 44:25

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 44:25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 44:24-30

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 44:24-28

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