Jeremiah 44:7

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 did not listen or incline their ears to turn from their wickedness, so as not to burn sacrifices to other gods. 6Therefore My wrath and My anger gushed out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so they have become ruins and a desolation as it is this day. Now then, this is what the Lord God of armies, the God of Israel says: “Why are you doing great harm to yourselves, to eliminate from yourselves man and woman, child and infant from among Judah, leaving yourselves without a remnant, 8provoking Me to anger with the works of your hands, burning sacrifices to other gods in the land of Egypt where you are entering to reside, so that you may be eliminated and become a curse and a disgrace among all the nations of the earth? 9Have 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?

Jeremiah 44:7 word by word

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

• Nowעַתָּ֫ה‛attâh · nowH6258
• then, thisכֹּהkôh · thusH3541
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of armiesצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• saysאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Whyמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• doingעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• to yourselvesנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
• eliminateכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• from yourselves manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• and womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• childעוֹלֵל‛ôlêl ‛ôlâl · infantH5768
• and infantיָנַקyânaq · to suckleH3243
• from amongתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• leavingיָתַרyâthar · to remainH3498
• yourselves withoutבִּלְתִּיbiltîy · lestH1115
• a remnantשְׁאֵרִיתshe'êrîyth · remnantH7611

Cross-references for Jeremiah 44:7

• Jeremiah 7:19Are they provoking Me?” declares the Lord. “Is it not themselves instead, to their own shame?”
• Jeremiah 25:7Yet you have not listened to Me,” declares the Lord, “in order to provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands to your own harm.
• Jeremiah 42:20For you have only deceived yourselves; for it is you who sent me to the Lord your God, saying, “Pray for us to the Lord our God; and whatever the Lord our God says, tell us so, and we will do it.”
• Numbers 16:38As for the censers of these men who have sinned at the cost of their own lives, have them made into hammered sheets as plating for the altar, since they did present them before the Lord and they are holy; and they shall serve as a sign to the sons of Israel.”
• Proverbs 1:18But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives.
• Proverbs 5:22His own wrongdoings will trap the wicked, And he will be held by the ropes of his sin.
• Proverbs 8:36But one who sins against me injures himself; All those who hate me love death.”
• Proverbs 15:32One who neglects discipline rejects himself, But one who listens to a rebuke acquires understanding.
• Ezekiel 33:11Say to them, ‘As I live!’ declares the Lord God, ‘I take no pleasure at all in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then should you die, house of Israel?’
• Habakkuk 2:10You have planned a shameful thing for your house By bringing many peoples to an end; So you are sinning against yourself.
• Jeremiah 44:8provoking Me to anger with the works of your hands, burning sacrifices to other gods in the land of Egypt where you are entering to reside, so that you may be eliminated and become a curse and a disgrace among all the nations of the earth?
• Jeremiah 9:21For death has come up through our windows; It has entered our palaces To eliminate the children from the streets, The young men from the public squares.
• Jeremiah 51:22And with you I shatter man and woman, And with you I shatter the old man and youth, And with you I shatter the young man and virgin,
• Joshua 6:21They utterly destroyed everything in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.
• Judges 21:11And this is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has slept with a male.”
• Deuteronomy 32:25Outside the sword will make them childless, And inside, terror-- Both young man and virgin, The nursing child with the man of gray hair.

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