Jeremiah 44:3

Jeremiah 44:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.
• New International Version (NIV)because of the evil they have done. They aroused my anger by burning incense to and worshiping other gods that neither they nor you nor your ancestors ever knew.
• English Standard Version (ESV)because of the evil that they committed, provoking me to anger, in that they went to make offerings and serve other gods that they knew not, neither they, nor you, nor your fathers.
• New King James Version (NKJV)because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke Me to anger, in that they went to burn incense and to serve other gods whom they did not know, they nor you nor your fathers.

Context of Jeremiah 44:3

1The word that came to Jeremiah for all the Jews living in the land of Egypt, those who were living in Migdol, Tahpanhes, Memphis, and the land of Pathros, saying, 2“This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: ‘You yourselves have seen all the disaster that I have brought on Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, this day they are in ruins and no one lives in them, because of their wickedness which they committed to provoke Me to anger by continuing to burn sacrifices and to serve other gods whom they had not known, neither they, you, nor your fathers. 4Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying, “Oh, do not do this abominable thing which I hate.” 5But they did not listen or incline their ears to turn from their wickedness, so as not to burn sacrifices to other gods.

Jeremiah 44:3 word by word

מִפְּנֵ֣י רָעָתָ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר עָשׂוּ֙ לְהַכְעִסֵ֔נִי לָלֶ֣כֶת לְקַטֵּ֔ר לַעֲבֹ֖ד לֵאלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֑ים אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יְדָע֔וּם הֵ֖מָּה אַתֶּ֥ם וַאֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• becauseמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• becauseפָּנֶהpânîym · face: becauseH6440
• whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• they committedעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• provokeכָּעַסka‛as · to provokeH3707
• by continuingהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• burnקָטַרqâţar · to offer: burnH6999
• serveעָבַד‛âbad · to serve: ministerH5647
• otherאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312
• godsאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• they had not knownיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• they, you, norלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• your fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1

Cross-references for Jeremiah 44:3

• Jeremiah 2:17Have you not done this to yourself By your abandoning the Lord your God When He led you in the way?
• Jeremiah 4:17Like watchmen of a field they are against her all around, Because she has rebelled against Me,’ declares the Lord.
• Jeremiah 5:19And it shall come about when they say, ‘Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?’ then you shall say to them, ‘Just as you have abandoned Me and served foreign gods in your land, so you will serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’
• Jeremiah 9:12Who is the wise person who may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord has spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land destroyed, laid waste like the desert, so that no one passes through?
• Jeremiah 11:17The Lord of armies, who planted you, has pronounced evil against you because of the evil of the house of Israel and the house of Judah, which they have done to provoke Me by offering sacrifices to Baal.
• Jeremiah 16:11Then you are to say to them, ‘It is because your forefathers have abandoned Me,’ declares the Lord, ‘and have followed other gods, and served and worshiped them; but they have abandoned Me and have not kept My Law.
• Jeremiah 19:3and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, you kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “Behold I am going to bring a disaster upon this place, at which the ears of everyone that hears of it will tingle.
• Jeremiah 22:9Then they will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord their God and bowed down to other gods and served them.’”
• Ezra 9:6and I said, “My God, I am ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God, for our wrongful deeds have risen above our heads, and our guilt has grown even to the heavens.
• Nehemiah 9:33However, You are righteous in everything that has happened to us; For You have dealt faithfully, but we have acted wickedly.
• Lamentations 1:8Jerusalem sinned greatly, Therefore she has become an object of ridicule. All who honored her despise her Because they have seen her nakedness; Even she herself groans and turns away.
• Lamentations 4:13Because of the sins of her prophets And the wrongdoings of her priests, Who have shed in her midst The blood of the righteous,
• Ezekiel 8:17And He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Is it a trivial thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they have committed here, that they have filled the land with violence and provoked Me to anger repeatedly? Yet behold, they are putting the twig to their nose!
• Ezekiel 9:9Then He said to me, “The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is filled with blood, and the city is full of perversion; for they say, ‘The Lord has abandoned the land, and the Lord does not see!’
• Ezekiel 22:25There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in the midst of her.
• Daniel 9:5we have sinned, we have done wrong, and acted wickedly and rebelled, even turning aside from Your commandments and ordinances.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 44:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3In that they went to burn incense, and to serve - Or, by going to burn incense to serve thereby other gods.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Since the Exodus, Israel has forbidden the worship of false gods.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. they went--implying perverse assiduity: they went out of their way to burn incense (one species of idolatry put for all kinds), &c.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 44:3

• Idolatry
• Sin

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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