Jeremiah 44:22

Jeremiah 44:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So that the Lord could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.
• New International Version (NIV)When the Lord could no longer endure your wicked actions and the detestable things you did, your land became a curse and a desolate waste without inhabitants, as it is today.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So the Lord could no longer bear it, because of the evil of your doings and because of the abominations which you committed. Therefore your land is a desolation, an astonishment, a curse, and without an inhabitant, as it is this day.
• New Living Translation (NLT)It was because the Lord could no longer bear all the disgusting things you were doing that he made your land an object of cursing—a desolate ruin without inhabitants—as it is today.

Context of Jeremiah 44:22

20Then Jeremiah said to all the people, men and women, all the people who had given him this answer: 21"As for the offerings that you offered in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings and your officials, and the people of the land, did not the Lord remember them? Did it not come into his mind? The Lord could no longer bear your evil deeds and the abominations that you committed. Therefore your land has become a desolation and a waste and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day. 23It is because you made offerings and because you sinned against the Lord and did not obey the voice of the Lord or walk in his law and in his statutes and in his testimonies that this disaster has happened to you, as at this day." 24Jeremiah said to all the people and all the women, "Hear the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who are in the land of Egypt.

Jeremiah 44:22 word by word

וְלֹֽא־יוּכַל֩ יְהוָ֨ה ע֜וֹד לָשֵׂ֗את מִפְּנֵי֙ רֹ֣עַ מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֔ם מִפְּנֵ֥י הַתּוֹעֵבֹ֖ת אֲשֶׁ֣ר עֲשִׂיתֶ֑ם וַתְּהִ֣י אַ֠רְצְכֶם לְחָרְבָּ֨ה וּלְשַׁמָּ֧ה וְלִקְלָלָ֛ה מֵאֵ֥ין יוֹשֵׁ֖ב כְּהַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So that the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• couldיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
• no longer bearנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
• becauseפָּנֶהpânîym · face: becauseH6440
• of the evilרֹעַrôa‛ · evilH7455
• of your doingsמַעֲלָלma‛ălâl · deedH4611
• of the abominationsתּוֹעֵבַהtô‛êbah tô‛êbah · abominationH8441
• which ye have committedעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• therefore is your landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• a desolationחׇרְבָּהchorbâh · desolationH2723
• and an astonishmentשַׁמָּהshammâh · horror: destroyedH8047
• and a curseקְלָלָהqelâlâh · curseH7045
• without an inhabitantיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• as at this dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117

Cross-references for Jeremiah 44:22

• Jeremiah 15:6You have rejected me, declares the Lord; you keep going backward, so I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you— I am weary of relenting.
• Genesis 6:3Then the Lord said, "My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years."
• Psalms 95:10For forty years I loathed that generation and said, "They are a people who go astray in their heart, and they have not known my ways."
• Isaiah 1:24Therefore the Lord declares, the Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: "Ah, I will get relief from my enemies and avenge myself on my foes.
• Isaiah 7:13And he said, "Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you weary my God also?
• Isaiah 43:24You have not bought me sweet cane with money, or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened me with your sins; you have wearied me with your iniquities.
• Ezekiel 5:13"Thus shall my anger spend itself, and I will vent my fury upon them and satisfy myself. And they shall know that I am the Lord—that I have spoken in my jealousy—when I spend my fury upon them.
• Amos 2:13"Behold, I will press you down in your place, as a cart full of sheaves presses down.
• Malachi 2:17You have wearied the Lord with your words. But you say, "How have we wearied him?" By saying, "Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them." Or by asking, "Where is the God of justice?"
• Romans 2:4Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
• Romans 9:22What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
• 2 Peter 3:7But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
• Jeremiah 44:2"Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You have seen all the disaster that I brought upon Jerusalem and upon all the cities of Judah. Behold, this day they are a desolation, and no one dwells in them,
• Jeremiah 18:16making their land a horror, a thing to be hissed at forever. Everyone who passes by it is horrified and shakes his head.
• Jeremiah 24:9I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a reproach, a byword, a taunt, and a curse in all the places where I shall drive them.
• Jeremiah 25:11This whole land shall become a ruin and a waste, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 44:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Therefore is your land a desolation - I grant that ye and your husbands have joined together in these abominations; and what is the consequence? "The Lord could no longer bear because of your evil doings; and therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, this day."Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Could no longer bear - The prophet corrects in these words the error of their argument in Jeremiah 44:17. God is long-suffering, and therefore punishment follows slowly upon sin.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-30Verses 20-30 Whatever evil comes upon us, it is because we have sinned against the Lord; we should therefore stand in awe, and sin not. Since they were determined to persist in their idolatry, God would go on to punish them. What little remains of religion were among them, would be lost. The creature-comforts and confidences from which we promise ourselves most, may fail as soon as those from which we promise ourselves least; and all are what God makes…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-23The destruction of Judah and Jerusalem was not because the Lord could not provide prosperity. Instead, he could no longer tolerate the people's disgusting actions.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-301. Migdol--meaning a "tower." A city east of Egypt, towards the Red Sea (Ex 14:2; Nu 33:7). Noph--Memphis, now Cairo (Jr 2:16). Pathros--Upper Egypt (Is 11:11).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 44:22

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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