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<a href="/nlt/jeremiah/44.htm">New Living Translation</a> Have you forgotten the sins of your ancestors, the sins of the kings and queens of Judah, and the sins you and your wives committed in Judah and Jerusalem? <a href="/esv/jeremiah/44.htm">English Standard Version</a> Have you forgotten the evil of your fathers, the evil of the kings of Judah, the evil of their wives, your own evil, and the evil of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/44.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers and of the kings of Judah and their wives, as well as the wickedness that you and your wives committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/44.htm">King James Bible</a> Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem? <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/44.htm">New King James Version</a> Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, the wickedness of the kings of Judah, the wickedness of their wives, your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/44.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, the wickedness of the kings of Judah and the wickedness of their wives, your own wickedness and the wickedness of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/44.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/44.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/44.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Have you forgotten the evil of your fathers, the evil of the kings of Judah, and the evil of their wives, your own evil, and the evil of your wives, which they did in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? <a href="/amp/jeremiah/44.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, the wickedness of the kings of Judah, the wickedness of their wives [who served their foreign gods], your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives [who imitated the sin of the queens], which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? <a href="/csb/jeremiah/44.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Have you forgotten the evils of your ancestors, the evils of Judah’s kings, the evils of their wives, your own evils, and the evils of your wives that were committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/44.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Have you forgotten the evils of your fathers, the evils of Judah&#8217s kings, the evils of their wives, your own evils, and the evils of your wives that were committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? <a href="/asv/jeremiah/44.htm">American Standard Version</a> Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives which they committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem? <a href="/cev/jeremiah/44.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> When you were living in Jerusalem and Judah, you followed the example of your ancestors in doing evil things, just like your kings and queens. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/44.htm">English Revised Version</a> Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem? <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/44.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Have you forgotten the wicked things done by your ancestors, by the kings of Judah and their wives, and by you and your wives in Judah and on the streets of Jerusalem? <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/44.htm">Good News Translation</a> Have you forgotten all the wicked things that have been done in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem by your ancestors, by the kings of Judah and their wives, and by you and your wives? <a href="/isv/jeremiah/44.htm">International Standard Version</a> Have you forgotten the evil deeds of your ancestors, the evil deeds of the kings of Judah, the evil deeds of their wives, your evil deeds, and the evil deeds of your wives, that they did in the land of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem? <a href="/msb/jeremiah/44.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers and of the kings of Judah and their wives, as well as the wickedness that you and your wives committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? <a href="/net/jeremiah/44.htm">NET Bible</a> Have you forgotten all the wicked things that have been done in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem by your ancestors, by the kings of Judah and their wives, by you and your wives? <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/44.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives which they committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem? <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/44.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem? <a href="/web/jeremiah/44.htm">World English Bible</a> Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, the wickedness of the kings of Judah, the wickedness of their wives, your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/44.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, that they have done in the land of Judah, and in streets of Jerusalem? <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/44.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, that they have done in the land of Judah, and in streets of Jerusalem? <a href="/slt/jeremiah/44.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Forgat ye the evil of your fathers, and the evil of the kings of Judah, and the evil of their wives, and your evil, and the evil of your wives, which they did in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/44.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Have you forgotten the evils of your fathers, and the evils of the kings of Juda, and the evils of their wives, and your evils, and the evils of your wives, that they have done in the land of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem? <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/44.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> How could you have forgotten the evils of your fathers, and the evils of the kings of Judah, and the evils of their wives, and your own evils, and the evils of your own wives, which they have done in the land of Judah and in the regions of Jerusalem? <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/44.htm">New American Bible</a> Have you forgotten the evil of your ancestors, the evil of the kings of Judah, the evil of their wives, and your own evil and the evil of your wives—all that they did in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/44.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Have you forgotten the crimes of your ancestors, of the kings of Judah, of their wives, your own crimes and those of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/44.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers and the wickedness of the kings of Judah and the wickedness of their wives which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/44.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Have you forgotten the evil of your fathers and the evil of the Kings of Judea and the evil of their wives that they had done in the land of Judea and in the streets of Jerusalem?<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/44.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Have ye forgotten the wicked deeds of your fathers, and the wicked deeds of the kings of Judah, and the wicked deeds of their wives, and your own wicked deeds, and the wicked deeds of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem? <a href="/sep/jeremiah/44.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Have ye forgotten the sins of your fathers, and the sins of the kings of Juda, and the sins of your princes, and the sins of your wives, which they wrought in the land of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem? <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/44-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=13349" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/44.htm">Judgment on the Jews in Egypt</a> …8Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth. 9<a href="/hebrew/7911.htm" title="7911: haš·ḵaḥ·tem (V-Qal-Perf-2mp) -- To forget. Or shakeach; a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. To be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention.">Have you forgotten</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: rā·‘ō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">the wickedness</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">of your fathers</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: rā·‘ō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: mal·ḵê (N-mpc) -- King. From malak; a king.">of the kings</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">of Judah</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’êṯ (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: rā·‘ō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil."></a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: nā·šāw (N-fpc:: 3ms) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">their wives,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’êṯ (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">as well as</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: rā·‘ō·ṯê·ḵem (Adj-fpc:: 2mp) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">the wickedness that</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’êṯ (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: rā·‘ōṯ (N-fpc) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: nə·šê·ḵem (N-fpc:: 2mp) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">your wives</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">committed</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bə·’e·reṣ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">in the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">of Judah</a> <a href="/hebrew/2351.htm" title="2351: ū·ḇə·ḥu·ṣō·wṯ (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-mpc) -- The outside, a street. Or chuts; from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. Outside, outdoors.">and in the streets</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: yə·rū·šā·lim (N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">of Jerusalem?</a> 10To this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed My instruction or the statutes that I set before you and your fathers.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jeremiah/7-18.htm">Jeremiah 7:18</a> 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. <a href="/jeremiah/11-13.htm">Jeremiah 11:13</a> Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’ <a href="/jeremiah/19-4.htm">Jeremiah 19:4-5</a> 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. <a href="/jeremiah/32-29.htm">Jeremiah 32:29-35</a> 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 ... <a href="/ezekiel/8-14.htm">Ezekiel 8:14-16</a> Then He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD, and I saw women sitting there, weeping for Tammuz. / “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Yet you will see even greater abominations than these.” / So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun. <a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">2 Kings 17:16-18</a> They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal. / They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. / So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained, <a href="/2_kings/21-3.htm">2 Kings 21:3-7</a> For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven. / Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.” / In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven. ... <a href="/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">2 Chronicles 33:3-7</a> For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven. / Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.” / In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven. ... <a href="/isaiah/57-5.htm">Isaiah 57:5-7</a> who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? / Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these? / On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices. <a href="/hosea/2-13.htm">Hosea 2:13</a> I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she adorned herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD. <a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">Hosea 4:12-14</a> 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. <a href="/revelation/17-1.htm">Revelation 17:1-5</a> Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. / The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.” / And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. ... <a href="/revelation/18-3.htm">Revelation 18:3-5</a> All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.” / Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues. / For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. <a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-23</a> For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm">1 Corinthians 10:20-22</a> No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. / You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too. / Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?ye forgotten<a href="/joshua/22-17.htm">Joshua 22:17-20</a> Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD, … <a href="/ezra/9-7.htm">Ezra 9:7-15</a> Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day… <a href="/daniel/9-5.htm">Daniel 9:5-8</a> We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: … <a href="/jeremiah/44-15.htm">Jeremiah 44:15-19</a> 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, … <a href="/jeremiah/7-17.htm">Jeremiah 7:17,18</a> Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/44-3.htm">Committed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-44.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-7.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-5.htm">Evil-Doing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-3.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-14.htm">Forgotten</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-6.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-7.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-5.htm">Kings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-20.htm">Memory</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-23.htm">Queens</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-6.htm">Streets</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-7.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-5.htm">Wickedness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-23.htm">Wives</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-8.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/44-22.htm">Committed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-22.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-11.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-20.htm">Evil-Doing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-10.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-5.htm">Forgotten</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-13.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-11.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm">Kings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-21.htm">Memory</a> <a href="/songs/6-8.htm">Queens</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm">Streets</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-22.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-22.htm">Wickedness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-15.htm">Wives</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-4.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 44</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/44-1.htm">Jeremiah expresses the desolation of Judah for their idolatry</a> 11. <a href="/jeremiah/44-11.htm">He prophesies the destruction of those who commit idolatry in Egypt</a> 15. <a href="/jeremiah/44-15.htm">The obstinacy of the Jews</a> 20. <a href="/jeremiah/44-20.htm">For which Jeremiah threatens them</a> 29. <a href="/jeremiah/44-29.htm">and for a sign prophesies the destruction of Egypt</a> </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>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <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> </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>Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers This phrase calls to mind the recurring theme of generational sin and the importance of remembering past transgressions to avoid repeating them. The "fathers" refers to the ancestors of the Israelites, who often turned away from God despite His repeated warnings through prophets. This is reminiscent of passages like <a href="/judges/2-10.htm">Judges 2:10-12</a>, where a new generation arose that did not know the Lord or His works, leading to idolatry.and of the kings of Judah and their wives The kings of Judah, such as Manasseh and Amon, were notorious for leading the nation into idolatry and other sins. Their wives often played significant roles in promoting pagan worship, as seen with Queen Jezebel's influence over King Ahab in the northern kingdom of Israel. This highlights the impact of leadership and the influence of those in power on the spiritual state of a nation.as well as the wickedness that you and your wives committed This phrase emphasizes personal accountability, indicating that the current generation is also guilty of similar sins. It reflects the biblical principle that each individual is responsible for their own actions, as seen in <a href="/ezekiel/18-20.htm">Ezekiel 18:20</a>, which states that the soul who sins shall die. The inclusion of "your wives" suggests that the family unit as a whole was complicit in these transgressions.in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem The mention of specific locations underscores the gravity of the sin, as Judah and Jerusalem were central to the identity and worship of the Israelites. Jerusalem, being the site of the Temple, was supposed to be a place of holiness and devotion to God. The reference to "streets" suggests that the wickedness was public and widespread, not hidden or isolated, indicating a societal departure from God's commandments.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/f/fathers_of_judah.htm">Fathers of Judah</a> Refers to the ancestors of the people of Judah who engaged in idolatry and disobedience to God. 2. <a href="/topical/k/kings_of_judah.htm">Kings of Judah</a> The rulers who led the nation in practices contrary to God's commands, often promoting idolatry. 3. <a href="/topical/w/wives_of_judah.htm">Wives of Judah</a> The women of Judah who participated in and supported the idolatrous practices. 4. <a href="/topical/l/land_of_judah.htm">Land of Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, where these acts of wickedness took place. 5. <a href="/topical/s/streets_of_jerusalem.htm">Streets of Jerusalem</a> The capital city of Judah, symbolizing the heart of the nation's spiritual and moral decline.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_forgetfulness.htm">The Danger of Forgetfulness</a> Forgetting past sins and God's deliverance can lead to repeated disobedience. We must remember and learn from history to avoid repeating the same mistakes. <a href="/topical/t/the_influence_of_leadership.htm">The Influence of Leadership</a> The kings of Judah led the people into sin. Leadership carries responsibility, and godly leaders should guide others toward righteousness. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_family_in_spiritual_life.htm">The Role of Family in Spiritual Life</a> The mention of wives highlights the influence of family in spiritual matters. Families should encourage each other in faithfulness to God. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_idolatry.htm">The Consequences of Idolatry</a> Idolatry leads to spiritual and moral decay. We must guard our hearts against modern forms of idolatry, such as materialism or self-worship. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a> Despite past wickedness, God offers forgiveness and restoration to those who repent. We should seek God's mercy and turn from our sins.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_44.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 44</a> <a href="/q/does_zech._1_12's_70_years_align_historically.htm">Is there any corroborating evidence for the 70-year period mentioned in Zechariah 1:12, or does it conflict with known historical timelines?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_jeremiah_44_2-6_blame_idols.htm">Why does Jeremiah in 44:2-6 attribute Jerusalem's fall solely to idol worship, while other passages cite Babylon's unstoppable conquest?</a> <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> <a href="/q/how_does_daniel_9_1-2_fit_70-year_exile.htm">How do we reconcile Daniel 9:1-2's reference to Jeremiah's seventy years with the actual duration of the Babylonian exile?</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>(9) The wickedness of their wives.--As in the first introduction of idolatry under Solomon (<a href="/1_kings/11-4.htm" title="For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.">1Kings 11:4</a>) so in the reigns of his successors, as in the case of Asa (<a href="/1_kings/15-13.htm" title="And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.">1Kings 15:13</a>) and Ahaziah (<a href="/2_chronicles/22-2.htm" title="Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.">2Chronicles 22:2</a>), the queens for the time being, often of alien birth, seem to have been the chief patrons of foreign and idolatrous worship, and their example was naturally followed by the wives of the nobles and other citizens.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/44.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 9. - Have ye forgotten, etc.? The prophet wonderingly asks if they have forgotten the sins of their forefathers and the consequent calamities. No other explanation of this present idolatry seems possible; and yet how passing strange is it! Their wives. The Hebrew has "his wives," i.e. according to Kimchi and Hitzig, the wives of each of the kings (sometimes great patrons of idolatry). But it is better to adopt, with Ewald, Graf, and Dr. Payne Smith, the reading of the Septuagint, "his princes." <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/44-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Have you forgotten הַֽשְׁכַחְתֶּם֩ (haš·ḵaḥ·tem) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7911.htm">Strong's 7911: </a> To mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention the wickedness רָע֨וֹת (rā·‘ō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil of your fathers אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֜ם (’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father and וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-) Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case of the kings מַלְכֵ֣י (mal·ḵê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> A king of Judah יְהוּדָ֗ה (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites and וְאֵת֙ (wə·’êṯ) Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case their wives, נָשָׁ֔יו (nā·šāw) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> Woman, wife, female as well as וְאֵת֙ (wə·’êṯ) Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case the wickedness that רָעֹ֣תֵכֶ֔ם (rā·‘ō·ṯê·ḵem) Adjective - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil you וְאֵ֖ת (wə·’êṯ) Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case and רָעֹ֣ת (rā·‘ōṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil your wives נְשֵׁיכֶ֑ם (nə·šê·ḵem) Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> Woman, wife, female committed עָשׂוּ֙ (‘ā·śū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make in the land בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land of Judah יְהוּדָ֔ה (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites and the streets וּבְחֻצ֖וֹת (ū·ḇə·ḥu·ṣō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2351.htm">Strong's 2351: </a> Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors of Jerusalem? יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (yə·rū·šā·lim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/44-9.htm">Jeremiah 44:9 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/44-9.htm">Jeremiah 44:9 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/44-9.htm">Jeremiah 44:9 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/44-9.htm">Jeremiah 44:9 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/44-9.htm">Jeremiah 44:9 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/44-9.htm">Jeremiah 44:9 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/44-9.htm">Jeremiah 44:9 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/44-9.htm">Jeremiah 44:9 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/44-9.htm">Jeremiah 44:9 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/44-9.htm">Jeremiah 44:9 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-9.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 44:9 Have you forgotten the wickedness of your (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/44-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 44:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 44:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/44-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 44:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 44:10" /></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>