Jeremiah 44:15

Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
men	הָאֲנָשִׁ֤ים ha.'a.na.Shim	H582	a man in general (singly or collectively) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
knew	הַיֹּֽדְעִים֙ hai.yo.de.'Im	H3045	to know (properly · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
wives	נְשֵׁיהֶם֙ ne.shei.Hem	H802	a woman · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
incense	מְקַטְּר֤וֹת me.ka.te.Rot	H6999	to smoke · verb, piel active participle, feminine plural absolute
other	אֲחֵרִ֔ים 'a.che.Rim	H312	properly · adjective, masculine plural absolute
gods	לֵאלֹהִ֣ים le.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · preposition + noun, common masculine plural absolute
women	הַנָּשִׁ֥ים ha.na.Shim	H802	a woman · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
by	הָעֹמְד֖וֹת ha.'o.me.Dot	H5975	to stand · definite article + verb, qal active participle, feminine plural absolute
great	גָּד֑וֹל ga.Dol	H1419	great (in any sense) · adjective, masculine singular absolute
multitude	קָהָ֣ל ka.Hal	H6951	assemblage (usually concretely) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
people	הָעָ֛ם ha.'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
dwelt	הַיֹּשְׁבִ֥ים hai.yo.she.Vim	H3427	properly · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
land	בְּאֶֽרֶץ be.'e.retz-	H776	the earth (at large · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
Egypt	מִצְרַ֖יִם mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	Mitsrajim · proper noun, a place name
Pathros	בְּפַתְר֥וֹס be.fat.Ros	H6624	Pathros · preposition + proper noun, a place name
answered	וַיַּעֲנ֣וּ vai.ya.'a.Nu	H6030	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Jeremiah	יִרְמְיָ֗הוּ yir.me.Ya.hu	H3414	Jirmejah · proper noun, a man's name
saying	לֵאמֹֽר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct

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Cross-references

Proverbs 11:21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Jeremiah 5:1-5 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if th…
Genesis 19:4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from eve…
Nehemiah 13:26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God m…
Matthew 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in there…
2 Peter 2:1-2 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable he…
Isaiah 1:5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 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 had reproved, Jer 44:15. We find, 1. That the women had been more guilty of idolatry and superstition than the men, not because the men stuck closer to the true God and the true religion than the women…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 44:15

their wives--The idolatry began with them (Kg1 11:4; Ti1 2:14). Their husbands' connivance implicated them in the guilt.

John Gill on 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: and all the women that stood by; the wives of the men that stood by their husbands, and other women that stood and heard Jeremiah's sermon, and were conscious to themselves of being guilty of what they wer…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 44:15-16

Jeremiah 44:15-16 15. Then all the men which knew that their wives had burnt incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, 15. Et responderunt Jeremiae om-nes viri, qui sciebant quod suffitum offerrent uxores ipsorum diis alienis, et omnes mulieres quae adstabant, coetus magnus, et totus populus qui habitabant in terra Aegypti, in Pathros, dicendo, 16. As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. 16. In sermone (subaudiendum est in, vel, quoad sermonem) quem locutus es ad nos in nomine Jehovae, nos audivimus to…

Dictionary and topics

Pathros — The name generally given to Upper Egypt (the Thebaid of the Greeks), as distinguished from Matsor, or Lower Egypt (Isa. 11:11; Jer. 44:1, 15; Ezek. 30:14), the two forming Mizraim. After the…
Egypt · Prophecies respecting: The Jews who practised its idolatry to share its punishments — Prophecies respecting: The Jews who practised its idolatry to share its punishments
Pathros · (A part of Upper Egypt) -Jewish — (A part of Upper Egypt) -Jewish
Queen · The moon was — The moon was

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 44:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 44:15-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 44:15

John Gill on Jeremiah 44:15

John Calvin on Jeremiah 44:15-16

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 44:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 44:15-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 44:15

John Gill on Jeremiah 44:15

John Calvin on Jeremiah 44:15-16

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 44:15-19

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 44:15-19

Rashi on Jeremiah 44:14