American Standard Version
Jeremiah 44:7
7Therefore now thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your own souls, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and suckling, out of the midst of Judah, to leave you none remaining;
Jeremiah 44:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore now thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;
- New International Version (NIV)“Now this is what the Lord God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Why bring such great disaster on yourselves by cutting off from Judah the men and women, the children and infants, and so leave yourselves without a remnant?
- English Standard Version (ESV)And now thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel: Why do you commit this great evil against yourselves, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and child, from the midst of Judah, leaving you no remnant?
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Now therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Why do you commit this great evil against yourselves, to cut off from you man and woman, child and infant, out of Judah, leaving none to remain,
Context of Jeremiah 44:7
5But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. 6Wherefore my wrath and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as it is this day. Therefore now thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your own souls, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and suckling, out of the midst of Judah, to leave you none remaining; 8in that ye provoke me unto anger with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye are gone to sojourn; that ye may be cut off, and that ye may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? 9Have 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?
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וְעַתָּ֡ה כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָה֩ אֱלֹהֵ֨י צְבָא֜וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לָמָה֩ אַתֶּ֨ם עֹשִׂ֜ים רָעָ֤ה גְדוֹלָה֙ אֶל־נַפְשֹׁ֣תֵכֶ֔ם לְהַכְרִ֨ית לָכֶ֧ם אִישׁ־וְאִשָּׁ֛ה עוֹלֵ֥ל וְיוֹנֵ֖ק מִתּ֣וֹךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה לְבִלְתִּ֛י הוֹתִ֥יר לָכֶ֖ם שְׁאֵרִֽית׃Read the interlinear
- Thereforeעַתָּ֫ה‛attâh · nowH6258
- thusכֹּהkôh · thusH3541
- Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
- evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: harmfulH7451
- soulsנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
- cutכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
- manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
- womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
- midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
- Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
- leaveיָתַרyâthar · to remainH3498
Cross-references for Jeremiah 44:7
- Jeremiah 7:19Do they provoke me to anger? saith Jehovah; do they not provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?
- Jeremiah 25:7Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith Jehovah; that ye may provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own hurt.
- Jeremiah 42:20For ye have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for ye sent me unto Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah our God; and according unto all that Jehovah our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.
- Numbers 16:38even the censers of these sinners against their own lives; and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before Jehovah; therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
- Proverbs 1:18And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.
- Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
- Proverbs 8:36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death.
- Proverbs 15:32He that refuseth correction despiseth his own soul; But he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth understanding.
- Ezekiel 33:11Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
- Habakkuk 2:10Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul.
- Jeremiah 44:8in that ye provoke me unto anger with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye are gone to sojourn; that ye may be cut off, and that ye may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
- Jeremiah 9:21For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
- Jeremiah 51:22and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and him that rideth therein; and with thee will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces the old man and the youth; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the virgin;
- Joshua 6:21And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
- Judges 21:11And this is the thing that ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
- Deuteronomy 32:25Without shall the sword bereave, And in the chambers terror; It shall destroyboth young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 44:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7This great evil against your souls - Will not self-interest weigh with you? See what ruin your conduct has brought upon your country. Your fathers sinned as you are doing; and where are they now? Either destroyed, or in captivity. And you are now taking the same way to your own destruction.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Your souls - i. e., your own selves.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. now--after so many warnings. commit ... this ... evil against your souls--(Jr 7:19; Nu 16:38; Pr 8:36). It is not God whom you injure, but yourselves.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 44
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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