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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/44.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/jeremiah/44.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/44.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then Jeremiah said to all of them, men and women alike, who had given him that answer,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/44.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Jeremiah said to all the people, men and women, all the people who had given him this answer:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/44.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/44.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him <i>that</i> answer, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/44.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then Jeremiah spoke to all the people—the men, the women, and all the people who had given him <i>that</i> answer—saying:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/44.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and women—even to all the people who were giving him <i>such</i> an answer—saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/44.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and women— even to all the people who were giving him such an answer— saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/44.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and women—even to all the people who were giving him <i>such</i> an answer—saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/44.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and women—even to all the people who were answering him with <i>such</i> a word—saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/44.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and to the women and to all the people who had given him that answer,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/44.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But Jeremiah responded to all the people—the men, women, and all the people who were answering him:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/44.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But Jeremiah responded to all the people—the men, women, and all the people who were answering him: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/44.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, even to all the people that had given him that answer, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/44.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Then I told the crowd: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/44.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, even to all the people which had given him that answer, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/44.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, to everyone who answered him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/44.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then I said to all the men and the women who had answered me in this way, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/44.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Jeremiah spoke a message to all the people, to the young men, to the women, and to all the people who were answering him: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/44.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/44.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then Jeremiah replied to all the people, both men and women, who responded to him in this way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/44.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men, and to the women, even to all the people who had given him an answer, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/44.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people who had given him that answer, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/44.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Then Jeremiah said to all the people—to the men and to the women, even to all the people who had given him an answer, saying, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/44.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jeremiah says to all the people, concerning the men and concerning the women, and concerning all the people who are answering him, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/44.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Jeremiah saith unto all the people, concerning the men and concerning the women, and concerning all the people who are answering him, saying:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/44.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jeremiah will say to all the people, to the men and to the women, and to all the people answering him the word, saying,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/44.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Jeremias spoke to all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/44.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And Jeremiah spoke to all the people, facing the men, and facing the women, and facing all the people who had responded this word to him, saying:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/44.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />To all the people, men and women, who gave him this answer, Jeremiah said:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/44.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Jeremiah said to all the people, men and women, all the people who were giving him this answer:<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/44.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and to the women and to all the people who had given him that answer, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/44.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and women and all the people who spoke these words to him:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/44.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, even to all the people that had given him that answer, saying:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/44.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Then Jeremias answered all the people, the mighty men, and the women, and all the people that returned him <i>these</i> words for answer, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/44-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=13515" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/44.htm">Calamity for the Jews</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3414.htm" title="3414: yir·mə·yā·hū (N-proper-ms) -- Or Yirmyahuw; from ruwm and Yahh; Jah will rise; Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites.">Then Jeremiah</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">the people,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: wə·‘al- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1397.htm" title="1397: hag·gə·ḇā·rîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Man. From gabar; properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply.">both men</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: wə·‘al- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: han·nā·šîm (Art:: N-fp) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">women,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6030.htm" title="6030: hā·‘ō·nîm (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To answer, respond.">who were answering</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯōw (DirObjM:: 3ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">him,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: dā·ḇār (N-ms) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause."></a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> </span><span class="reftext">21</span>“As for the incense you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem—you, your fathers, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land—did the LORD not remember and bring this to mind?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-16.htm">Jeremiah 7:16-20</a></span><br />As for you, do not pray for these people, do not offer a plea or petition on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will not listen to you. / Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? / The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/11-14.htm">Jeremiah 11:14-17</a></span><br />As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster. / What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can consecrated meat avert your doom? When you are wicked, then you rejoice. / The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/19-3.htm">Jeremiah 19:3-5</a></span><br />saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on this place that the ears of all who hear of it will ring, / because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. / They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-4.htm">Jeremiah 25:4-7</a></span><br />And the LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear. / The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever. / Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/32-29.htm">Jeremiah 32:29-35</a></span><br />And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods. / For the children of Israel and of Judah have done nothing but evil in My sight from their youth; indeed, they have done nothing but provoke Me to anger by the work of their hands, declares the LORD. / For this city has aroused My wrath and fury from the day it was built until now. Therefore I will remove it from My presence ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/42-15.htm">Jeremiah 42:15-18</a></span><br />then hear the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah! This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and reside there, / then the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow on your heels into Egypt, and you will die there. / So all who resolve to go to Egypt to reside there will die by sword and famine and plague. Not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring upon them.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11-15</a></span><br />“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. / When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? / Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/65-2.htm">Isaiah 65:2-5</a></span><br />All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations, / to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick, / sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/8-9.htm">Ezekiel 8:9-18</a></span><br />Then He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked abominations they are committing here.” / So I went in and looked, and engraved all around the wall was every kind of crawling creature and detestable beast, along with all the idols of the house of Israel. / Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-27.htm">Ezekiel 20:27-32</a></span><br />Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: In this way also your fathers blasphemed Me by their unfaithfulness against Me. / When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured out their drink offerings. / So I asked them: ‘What is this high place to which you go?’ (And to this day it is called Bamah.) ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">Hosea 4:12-14</a></span><br />My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God. / They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery. / I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-13.htm">2 Kings 17:13-18</a></span><br />Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.” / But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God. / They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-15.htm">2 Chronicles 36:15-16</a></span><br />Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-39</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. / For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34-35</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying,</p><p class="hdg">no references listed for this verse.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/44-15.htm">Jeremiah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-19.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/44-24.htm">Jeremiah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-24.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 44</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/44-1.htm">Jeremiah expresses the desolation of Judah for their idolatry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/44-11.htm">He prophesies the destruction of those who commit idolatry in Egypt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/44-15.htm">The obstinacy of the Jews</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/44-20.htm">For which Jeremiah threatens them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/44-29.htm">and for a sign prophesies the destruction of Egypt</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/44.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/44.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then Jeremiah said to all the people</b><br>Jeremiah, a major prophet in the Old Testament, often addressed the people of Judah with messages from God. This phrase indicates a direct communication from the prophet to the people, emphasizing the importance of the message. Jeremiah's role as a prophet was to convey God's words, often calling for repentance and warning of consequences for disobedience. This setting is post-exilic, where the remnant of Judah had fled to Egypt against God's command (<a href="/jeremiah/43-7.htm">Jeremiah 43:7</a>).<p><b>both men and women</b><br>The inclusion of both men and women highlights the communal responsibility and involvement in the actions being addressed. In ancient Israelite society, men typically held leadership roles, but women also played significant parts in religious practices, as seen in the worship of the "queen of heaven" (<a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm">Jeremiah 44:17-19</a>). This indicates that the idolatrous practices were widespread and not limited to one gender.<p><b>who were answering him</b><br>This phrase suggests a dialogue or response from the people to Jeremiah's previous messages. The people's response often reflected their resistance or justification of their actions, particularly in their continued idolatry. This interaction is part of a larger narrative where the people defend their worship of other gods, believing it brought them prosperity (<a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm">Jeremiah 44:17-18</a>). This reflects a recurring theme in Jeremiah's ministry: the struggle between true worship of Yahweh and the people's inclination towards idolatry.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Jeremiah is known for his prophecies of judgment and calls for repentance. In this chapter, he addresses the remnant of Judah living in Egypt.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/r/remnant_of_judah.htm">Remnant of Judah</a></b><br>The group of Israelites who fled to Egypt after the destruction of Jerusalem, despite God's command to remain in the land of Judah.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The place where the remnant of Judah sought refuge, symbolizing disobedience to God's command to stay in their own land.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/q/queen_of_heaven.htm">Queen of Heaven</a></b><br>A pagan deity that the people of Judah were worshiping, which provoked God's anger and led to Jeremiah's rebuke.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/prophecy_of_judgment.htm">Prophecy of Judgment</a></b><br>Jeremiah delivers a message from God, warning the people of the consequences of their idolatry and disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry is a recurring sin that leads to separation from God. The worship of the "Queen of Heaven" is a direct violation of God's commandments and serves as a warning against placing anything above God in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>The remnant's decision to flee to Egypt against God's directive highlights the importance of trusting and obeying God's guidance, even when it seems counterintuitive.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Jeremiah's prophecy underscores that disobedience to God brings about His judgment. This serves as a reminder of the seriousness of sin and the need for repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_adversity.htm">Faithfulness in Adversity</a></b><br>Jeremiah's steadfastness in delivering God's message, despite opposition, encourages believers to remain faithful in proclaiming truth, even in difficult circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_justice.htm">God's Sovereignty and Justice</a></b><br>The events in <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/44.htm">Jeremiah 44</a> demonstrate God's control over nations and His commitment to justice, reminding us that He will hold people accountable for their actions.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_44.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 44</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/key_events_in_jesus'_life.htm">Why should my people leave her?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_jer_44_17-19_conflict_with_monotheism.htm">Does Jeremiah 44:17–19, mentioning worship of the “Queen of Heaven,” conflict with monotheism or other biblical teachings? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_wait_10_days_to_speak.htm">Jeremiah 42:7: Why would God wait ten days before speaking, and is there any historical or logical basis to verify this delay?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_ignore_god's_guidance_after_seeking_it.htm">Jeremiah 42:1-6: If the people truly sought God's guidance, why did they ignore it immediately after receiving Jeremiah's answer?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/44.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20-23) <span class= "bld">Then Jeremiah said . . .</span>--The prophet makes an effective rejoinder to the assertion that the prosperity of past years had coincided with the idolatrous worship which he condemned. That prosperity had not been lasting, and though the long-suffering of God had borne with them, the judgments had at last come. The tenor of his argument was that which Augustine adopts in his treatise <span class= "ital">De Civitate Dei. </span>See Note on <a href="/jeremiah/44-16.htm" title="As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you.">Jeremiah 44:16</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/44.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 20-30.</span> - Jeremiah's rejoinder. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/44-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then Jeremiah</span><br /><span class="heb">יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yir·mə·yā·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3414.htm">Strong's 3414: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jeremiah -- 'Yah loosens', the name of a number of Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">said</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֥אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the people</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who were answering him,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעֹנִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ō·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6030.htm">Strong's 6030: </a> </span><span class="str2">To answer, respond</span><br /><br /><span class="word">both men</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגְּבָרִ֤ים</span> <span class="translit">(hag·gə·ḇā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1397.htm">Strong's 1397: </a> </span><span class="str2">A valiant man, warrior, a person simply</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and women,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנָּשִׁים֙</span> <span class="translit">(han·nā·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/44-20.htm">Jeremiah 44:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/44-20.htm">Jeremiah 44:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/44-20.htm">Jeremiah 44:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/44-20.htm">Jeremiah 44:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/44-20.htm">Jeremiah 44:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/44-20.htm">Jeremiah 44:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/44-20.htm">Jeremiah 44:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/44-20.htm">Jeremiah 44:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/44-20.htm">Jeremiah 44:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/44-20.htm">Jeremiah 44:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/44-20.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 44:20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/44-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 44:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 44:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/44-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 44:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 44:21" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>