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class="padleft"><div 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 />Again and again I sent my servants the prophets, who said, &#8216Do not do this detestable thing that I hate!&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/44.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Again and again I sent my servants, the prophets, to plead with them, ‘Don’t do these horrible things that I hate so much.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/44.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Yet I persistently sent to you all my servants the prophets, saying, ‘Oh, do not do this abomination that I hate!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/44.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/44.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending <i>them</i>, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/44.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />However I have sent to you all My servants the prophets, rising early and sending <i>them,</i> saying, “Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/44.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying, “Oh, do not do this abominable thing which I hate.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/44.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets, again and again, saying, &#8220Oh, do not do this abominable thing which I hate.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/44.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets, again and again, saying, “Oh, do not do this abominable thing which I hate.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/44.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Yet I sent you all My slaves the prophets, rising up early and sending, saying, “Oh, do not do this abominable thing which I hate.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/44.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Yet I sent to you all My servants the prophets, again and again, saying, “Oh, do not do this shamefully vile thing which I hate.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/44.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I sent you all my servants the prophets time and time again, saying, ‘Don’t commit this detestable action that I hate.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/44.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I sent you all My servants the prophets time and time again, saying: Don&#8217t do this detestable thing that I hate. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/44.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/44.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Time after time I sent my servants the prophets to tell the people of Judah how much I hated their disgusting sins. The prophets warned them to stop sinning, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/44.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/44.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I have sent my servants the prophets to you again and again to tell you not to do these detestable things that I hate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/44.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I kept sending you my servants the prophets, who told you not to do this terrible thing that I hate. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/44.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Yet I sent all my servants the prophets to you again and again, saying, "Don't do this repulsive thing that I hate." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/44.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ?Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/44.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I sent my servants the prophets to you people over and over again warning you not to do this disgusting thing I hate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/44.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, 'Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/44.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Yet I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/44.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, “Oh, don’t do this abominable thing that I hate.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/44.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I send to you all My servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying, Please do not do this abomination that I have hated—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/44.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And I send unto you all my servants, the prophets, rising early and sending, saying: I pray you, do not this abomination that I have hated -- <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/44.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I will send to you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying, Now ye shall not do this abomination which I hated.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/44.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising early, and sending, and saying: Do not commit this abominable thing, which I hate. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/44.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I sent to you all my servants, the prophets, rising in the night, and sending, and saying: ‘Do not choose to do this abominable word, which I hate.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/44.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Though I repeatedly sent you all my servants the prophets, saying: “You must not commit this abominable deed I hate,”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/44.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Yet I persistently sent to you all my servants the prophets, saying, “I beg you not to do this abominable thing that I hate!”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/44.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And I sent to them all my servants the prophets, in advance, saying. Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/44.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I sent to them all my Servants the Prophets. I went early and I sent and I said, ‘You shall not practice this defilement that I hate!’<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/44.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Howbeit I sent unto you all My servants the prophets, sending them betimes and often, saying: Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/44.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />yet I sent to you my servants the prophets early in the morning, and I sent, saying, Do not ye this abominable thing which I hate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/44-4.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=13279" 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">Judgment on the Jews in Egypt</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>because of the evil they have done. They provoked Me to anger by continuing to burn incense and to serve other gods that neither they nor you nor your fathers ever knew. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: wā·’eš·laḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">Yet I sent</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ă·lê·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- To, into, towards. ">you</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/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/5650.htm" title="5650: ‘ă·ḇā·ḏay (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">My servants</a> <a href="/hebrew/5030.htm" title="5030: han·nə·ḇî·’îm (Art:: N-mp) -- A spokesman, speaker, prophet. From naba'; a prophet or inspired man.">the prophets</a> <a href="/hebrew/7925.htm" title="7925: haš·kêm (V-Hifil-InfAbs) -- A primitive root; properly, to incline; but used only as denominative from shkem; literally, to load up, i.e. To start early in the morning.">again and again,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: wə·šā·lō·aḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out."></a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">saying:</a> <a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: ’al- (Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">‘Do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/4994.htm" title="4994: nā (Interjection) -- I (we) pray, now. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ṯa·‘ă·śū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">do</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: haz·zōṯ (Art:: Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/8441.htm" title="8441: hat·tō·‘ê·ḇāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Or tonebah; feminine active participle of ta'ab; properly, something disgusting, i.e. an abhorrence; especially idolatry or an idol.">detestable</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: də·ḇar- (N-msc) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">thing</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.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/8130.htm" title="8130: śā·nê·ṯî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To hate. A primitive root; to hate.">I hate.’</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>But they did not listen or incline their ears; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop burning incense to other gods.…<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/7-25.htm">Jeremiah 7:25-26</a></span><br />From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again. / Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.<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="/nehemiah/9-26.htm">Nehemiah 9:26</a></span><br />But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/65-2.htm">Isaiah 65:2-3</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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/3-7.htm">Ezekiel 3:7</a></span><br />But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/1-4.htm">Zechariah 1:4</a></span><br />Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-34.htm">Matthew 23:34-37</a></span><br />Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town. / And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. / Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51-52</a></span><br />You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. / Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-13.htm">2 Kings 17:13-14</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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/11-2.htm">Hosea 11:2</a></span><br />But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/2-11.htm">Amos 2:11-12</a></span><br />I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. / “But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-47.htm">Luke 11:47-51</a></span><br />Woe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them. / So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs. / Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/24-19.htm">2 Chronicles 24:19</a></span><br />Nevertheless, the LORD sent prophets to bring the people back to Him and to testify against them, but they would not listen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-4.htm">Jeremiah 25:4-5</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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/35-15.htm">Jeremiah 35:15</a></span><br />Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">However, I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.</p><p class="hdg">I sent</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/7-13.htm">Jeremiah 7:13,25</a></b></br> And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/25-3.htm">Jeremiah 25:3,4</a></b></br> From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that <i>is</i> the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/26-5.htm">Jeremiah 26:5</a></b></br> To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending <i>them</i>, but ye have not hearkened;</p><p class="hdg">this</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Jeremiah 16:18</a></b></br> And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/8-10.htm">Ezekiel 8:10</a></b></br> So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/16-36.htm">Ezekiel 16:36,47</a></b></br> Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them; … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/32-34.htm">Abominable</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-35.htm">Abomination</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-14.htm">Betimes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-34.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-34.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-15.htm">Early</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-33.htm">Getting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-8.htm">Hate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-8.htm">Hated</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-7.htm">Howbeit</a> <a href="/jeremiah/42-13.htm">However</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-14.htm">Often</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-33.htm">Persistently</a> <a href="/jeremiah/37-19.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-15.htm">Rising</a> <a href="/jeremiah/42-6.htm">Sending</a> <a href="/jeremiah/40-9.htm">Servants</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/4-14.htm">Abominable</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-25.htm">Abomination</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-7.htm">Betimes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-22.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-9.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-34.htm">Early</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-31.htm">Getting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-27.htm">Hate</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-20.htm">Hated</a> <a href="/daniel/10-7.htm">Howbeit</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-26.htm">However</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-27.htm">Often</a> <a href="/matthew/14-4.htm">Persistently</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-36.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-7.htm">Rising</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-18.htm">Sending</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-26.htm">Servants</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'; 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The prophets were God's chosen messengers, often called to deliver difficult messages of repentance and warning. This reflects God's patience and desire for His people to turn back to Him, as seen throughout the Old Testament. The repeated sending of prophets highlights God's mercy and long-suffering nature, as He continually provided opportunities for repentance. This is consistent with the character of God as described in <a href="/2_chronicles/36-15.htm">2 Chronicles 36:15-16</a>, where He sent messengers "again and again" because He had compassion on His people.<p><b>saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’</b><br>The "detestable thing" refers to idolatry, which was a persistent sin among the Israelites. Idolatry is considered detestable because it violates the first commandment and represents a turning away from the one true God to worship false gods. This phrase underscores the seriousness of idolatry in the biblical narrative, as it leads to spiritual adultery and separation from God. The prophets often warned against such practices, as seen in passages like <a href="/deuteronomy/12-31.htm">Deuteronomy 12:31</a> and <a href="/ezekiel/8-6.htm">Ezekiel 8:6</a>, where idolatry is described as an abomination. This warning also foreshadows the ultimate call to holiness and exclusive worship of God, which is fulfilled in the New Testament through Jesus Christ, who calls His followers to worship in spirit and truth (<a href="/john/4-24.htm">John 4:24</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver His messages to the people of Judah. He is known for his warnings about the consequences of idolatry and disobedience to God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which had fallen into idolatry and was facing God's judgment as a result.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The place where the remnant of Judah fled, despite God's warnings through Jeremiah not to go there. It symbolizes a place of disobedience and reliance on human strength rather than God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/prophets.htm">Prophets</a></b><br>God's messengers who were sent repeatedly to warn the people of Judah to turn from their evil ways and idolatry.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/idolatry.htm">Idolatry</a></b><br>The worship of false gods, which was a persistent sin among the people of Judah and the primary reason for God's judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_persistence_of_god's_warnings.htm">The Persistence of God's Warnings</a></b><br>God, in His mercy, repeatedly sends warnings to His people to turn from sin. This demonstrates His patience and desire for repentance rather than judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry is not just the worship of physical idols but can also be anything that takes the place of God in our lives. We must examine our hearts for modern-day idols.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Ignoring God's warnings leads to severe consequences. Judah's history serves as a cautionary tale for us to heed God's Word and avoid similar pitfalls.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets_and_god's_word.htm">The Role of Prophets and God's Word</a></b><br>Prophets were God's mouthpieces, and today, we have the Bible as our guide. We must be diligent in studying and applying God's Word to our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trusting_in_god_alone.htm">Trusting in God Alone</a></b><br>Fleeing to Egypt symbolizes reliance on human strength and wisdom. We are called to trust in God alone, especially in times of trouble.<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/what_is_gaslighting_and_how_to_cope.htm">What is gaslighting and how can I handle it?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_leaders_want_to_kill_jeremiah.htm">In Jeremiah 38:4, why would seemingly devoted leaders seek to kill a prophet whom God had consistently used to speak truth?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_nebuchadnezzar_both_god's_servant_and_ruthless.htm">How do we reconcile Jeremiah 25:9 calling Nebuchadnezzar God's servant with other scriptures depicting him as a ruthless conqueror?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_could_god_'deceive'_jeremiah.htm">In Jeremiah 20:7, how could an all-honest God 'deceive' Jeremiah if He is truly without falsehood?</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>(4) <span class= "bld">Rising early and sending them . . .</span>--The prophet uses the same anthropomorphic language as of old (<a href="/jeremiah/7-25.htm" title="Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt to this day I have even sent to you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:">Jeremiah 7:25</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/25-4.htm" title="And the LORD has sent to you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but you have not listened, nor inclined your ear to hear.">Jeremiah 25:4</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/26-5.htm" title="To listen to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent to you, both rising up early, and sending them, but you have not listened;">Jeremiah 26:5</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/29-19.htm" title="Because they have not listened to my words, said the LORD, which I sent to them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but you would not hear, said the LORD.">Jeremiah 29:19</a>). The term "abominable thing," or "abomination," though common in many of the books of the Old Testament, as in the Proverbs, where it is applied to moral enormities (<span class= "ital">e.g., </span><a href="/proverbs/3-32.htm" title="For the fraudulent is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.">Proverbs 3:32</a>; <a href="/proverbs/6-16.htm" title="These six things does the LORD hate: yes, seven are an abomination to him:">Proverbs 6:16</a>), is specially characteristic, as applied to idolatry, of Deuteronomy (<a href="/deuteronomy/27-15.htm" title="Cursed be the man that makes any graven or molten image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and puts it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.">Deuteronomy 27:15</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/32-16.htm" title="They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.">Deuteronomy 32:16</a>), Jeremiah (here and <a href="/jeremiah/7-10.htm" title="And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?">Jeremiah 7:10</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/8-12.htm" title="Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? no, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, said the LORD.">Jeremiah 8:12</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/32-35.htm" title="And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.">Jeremiah 32:35</a>), and Ezek. (<a href="/ezekiel/5-11.htm" title="Why, as I live, said the Lord GOD; Surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things, and with all your abominations, therefore will I also diminish you; neither shall my eye spare, neither will I have any pity.">Ezekiel 5:11</a>, and some forty other passages). . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/44-4.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">Yet I sent</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאֶשְׁלַ֤ח</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’eš·laḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲלֵיכֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·lê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<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">My servants</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲבָדַ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·ḇā·ḏay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> </span><span class="str2">Slave, servant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the prophets</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(han·nə·ḇî·’îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5030.htm">Strong's 5030: </a> </span><span class="str2">A spokesman, speaker, prophet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">again and again,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשְׁכֵּ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(haš·kêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7925.htm">Strong's 7925: </a> </span><span class="str2">To load up, to start early in the morning</span><br /><br /><span class="word">saying:</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵאמֹ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(lê·mōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<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">‘Do not</span><br /><span class="heb">אַל־</span> <span class="translit">(’al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_408.htm">Strong's 408: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">do</span><br /><span class="heb">תַעֲשׂ֗וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ṯa·‘ă·śū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֹּ֖את</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">detestable</span><br /><span class="heb">הַתֹּעֵבָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(hat·tō·‘ê·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8441.htm">Strong's 8441: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">thing</span><br /><span class="heb">דְּבַֽר־</span> <span class="translit">(də·ḇar-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> </span><span class="str2">A word, a matter, thing, a cause</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I hate.’</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׂנֵֽאתִי׃</span> <span class="translit">(śā·nê·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8130.htm">Strong's 8130: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hate</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/44-4.htm">Jeremiah 44:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/44-4.htm">Jeremiah 44:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/44-4.htm">Jeremiah 44:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/44-4.htm">Jeremiah 44:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/44-4.htm">Jeremiah 44:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/44-4.htm">Jeremiah 44:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/44-4.htm">Jeremiah 44:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/44-4.htm">Jeremiah 44:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/44-4.htm">Jeremiah 44:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/44-4.htm">Jeremiah 44:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/44-4.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 44:4 However I sent to you all my (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/44-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 44:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 44:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/44-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 44:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 44:5" /></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>