Jeremiah 44:19

Jeremiah 44:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?
• New International Version (NIV)The women added, “When we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, did not our husbands know that we were making cakes impressed with her image and pouring out drink offerings to her?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the women said, "When we made offerings to the queen of heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, was it without our husbands' approval that we made cakes for her bearing her image and poured out drink offerings to her?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)The women also said, “And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, did we make cakes for her, to worship her, and pour out drink offerings to her without our husbands’ permission?”

Context of Jeremiah 44:19

17But we will certainly do whatever thing proceedeth from our own mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then we had plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil. 18But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, we have lacked all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings to her, did we make for her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings to her, without our husbands? 20Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people who had given him that answer, saying, 21The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into his mind?

Jeremiah 44:19 word by word

וְכִֽי־אֲנַ֤חְנוּ מְקַטְּרִים֙ לִמְלֶ֣כֶת הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וּלְהַסֵּ֥ךְ לָ֖הּ נְסָכִ֑ים הֲמִֽבַּלְעֲדֵ֣י אֲנָשֵׁ֗ינוּ עָשִׂ֨ינוּ לָ֤הּ כַּוָּנִים֙ לְהַ֣עֲצִבָ֔ה וְהַסֵּ֥ךְ לָ֖הּ נְסָכִֽים׃ פRead the interlinear

• incenseקָטַרqâţar · to offer: offerH6999
• queenמְלֶ֫כֶתmeleketh · queenH4446
• heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• outנָסַךְnâsak · to pourH5258
• offeringsנֶ֫סֶךְnesek nêsek · drink offeringH5262
• makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• cakesכַּוָּןkavvân · cakeH3561
• worshipעָצַב‛âtsab · to shapeH6087
• withoutבִּלְעֲדֵיbil‛ădêy bal‛ădêy · besideH1107
• husbandsאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582

Cross-references for Jeremiah 44:19

• Jeremiah 44:15Then all the men who knew that their wives had burned incense to other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
• Jeremiah 7:18The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
• Genesis 3:6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and ate, and gave also to her husband with her; and he ate.
• Deuteronomy 7:3Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give to his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take to thy son.
• 1 Kings 21:25But there was none like Ahab, who sold himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
• 2 Chronicles 21:6And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab for a wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD.
• Proverbs 11:21Thoughhandjoin in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
• Mark 6:19Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:

Commentaries on Jeremiah 44:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven - The Moon seems to have been called מלכת melecheth, as the sun was called מלך molech . The Hindoos pour out water to the sun thrice a day; and to the moon whenever they worship her. The idolatrous worship of these people was a sort of imitation of the worship of the true God; only sacrifice was not common in it. The factious women here tell us in what it consisted. They burnt incense to the moon, and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Burned … poured … did - Or, burn … pour … do. To worship her - Rather, to represent her image. The cakes Jeremiah 7:18 were made in the shape of a crescent to represent the moon. Our men - i. e., our husbands (margin). They had the authority of their husbands for what they were doing. Jeremiah must leave them alone, and discuss the matter with those who alone had the right to interfere.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-19Verses 15-19 These daring sinners do not attempt excuses, but declare they will do that which is forbidden. Those who disobey God, commonly grow worse and worse, and the heart is more hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. Here is the real language of the rebellious heart. Even the afflictions which should have parted them from their sins, were taken so as to confirm them in their sins. It is sad when those who should quicken each other to what is good…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-19The people rejected Jeremiah's warning of judgment. They had stopped even pretending to serve the Lord (Jeremiah 42:1–3) and were fully devoted to idol worship.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. make ... cakes to worship her--Maurer translates, "to form her image." Crescent-shaped cakes were offered to the moon. Vulgate supports English Version. without our men--The women mentioned (Jr 44:15); "a great multitude" here speak: we have not engaged in secret night orgies which might justly be regarded unfavorably by our husbands: our sacred rites have been open, and with their privity. They wish to show how unreasonable it is that Jeremiah should…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 44:19

• Bread
• Idolatry
• Moon
• Queen
• Superstition
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Queen of heaven
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• Escape
• Jerusalem
• Moon
• Astronomy
• Bible, the
• Dispersion, the
• Egypt
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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