Jeremiah 44:7

Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
saith	אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָה֩ Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵ֨י 'e.lo.Hei	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct
hosts	צְבָא֜וֹת tze.va.'ot	H6635	a mass of persons (or figuratively · noun, common feminine plural absolute
God	אֱלֹהֵ֣י 'e.lo.Hei	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
commit	עֹשִׂ֜ים 'o.Sim	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
great	גְדוֹלָה֙ ge.do.Lah	H1419	great (in any sense) · adjective, feminine singular absolute
evil	רָעָ֤ה ra.'Ah	H7451	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
souls	נַפְשֹׁ֣תֵכֶ֔ם naf.Sho.te.Khem	H5315	properly · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
off	לְהַכְרִ֨ית le.hakh.Rit	H3772	to cut (off · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct
man	אִישׁ 'ish-	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
woman	וְאִשָּׁ֛ה ve.'i.Shah	H802	a woman · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
child	עוֹלֵ֥ל o.Lel	H5768	a suckling · noun, common masculine singular absolute
suckling	וְיוֹנֵ֖ק ve.yo.Nek	H3243	to suck · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
out	מִתּ֣וֹךְ mi.Tokh	H8432	a bisection · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
Judah	יְהוּדָ֑ה ye.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · proper noun, a place name
leave	הוֹתִ֥יר ho.Tir	H3498	to jut over or exceed · verb, hiphil infinitive construct
remain	שְׁאֵרִֽית she.'e.Rit	H7611	a remainder or residual (surviving · noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Habakkuk 2:10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
Jeremiah 51:22 With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in piece…
Numbers 16:38 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them bef…
Ezekiel 33:11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live:…
Deuteronomy 32:25 The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
Joshua 6:21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the swo…
Judges 21:11 And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
1 Samuel 15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox an…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 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 captives by the rivers of Babylon were daily mindful of (Psa 137:1), the fugitives in the cities of Egypt seem to have forgotten and needed to be put in mind of, though, one would have thought, they had not be…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 44:7

now--after so many warnings. commit . . . this . . . evil against your souls-- (Jer 7:19; Num 16:38; Pro 8:36). It is not God whom you injure, but yourselves.

John Gill on Jeremiah 44:7

Therefore now thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel,.... The same epithets as before, Jeremiah 44:2; with an addition, that his words might carry more weight with them: wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls; the sin of idolatry, which is a great evil; a sin against God; a giving the glory to another, that belongs to him and not only so, but is against the souls of men; pernicious and ruinous to them, which brings destruction, even eternal wrath and damnation, on them; and this is an interesting argument why it should not be committed; nay, it was not only against God, and against themselves, but against their families, and the interest of them: to cut of…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 44:1-7

Jeremiah 44:1-7 1. The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying, 1. Sermo qui fuit ad Jeremiam ad omnes Judaeos qui habitabant in terra Aegypti, qui habitabant Magdali et in Taphneis et Memphi et in terra Pathros, dicendo, 2. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein; 2. Sic dicit Jehova exercituum, Deus Israel, Vos vidistis omne malum quod adduxi super Jerusalem et super omnes ur…

Dictionary and topics

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
Queen · The moon was — The moon was

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Jeremiah 44:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 44:1-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 44:7

John Gill on Jeremiah 44:7

John Calvin on Jeremiah 44:1-7

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 44:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 44:1-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 44:7

John Gill on Jeremiah 44:7

John Calvin on Jeremiah 44:1-7

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 44:2-14

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 44:3