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 concerning all the Jews dwelling in the land of Egypt—at Migdol, at Tahpanhes, at Noph, and in the region of Pathros, saying, 2thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel: “You have seen all the calamity that I brought on Jerusalem and on all the cities of Judah. Behold, today they are a ruin, and no one lives in them, because of their wickedness which they committed to provoke Me, by continuing to burn sacrifices for and serve other gods, whom they had not known—not they, nor you, nor your fathers. 4Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets, sending them early and often, saying: ‘Oh, do not do this loathsome thing that I hate.’ 5But they did not listen or incline their ear to turn from their wickedness, to stop making offering 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Becauseפָּנֶהpânîym · face: becauseH6440
• of their wickednessרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: evilH7451
• which they have committedעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• to provoke me to angerכָּעַסka‛as · to provokeH3707
• in that they wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• to burn incenseקָטַרqâţar · to offer: offerH6999
• to serveעָבַד‛âbad · to serve: ministerH5647
• otherאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312
• godsאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• whom they knewיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• they, ye, nor your fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1

Cross-references for Jeremiah 44:3

• Jeremiah 2:17Have you not brought this on yourself, when He led you in the way?
• Jeremiah 4:17Like keepers of a field they surround her, because she has been rebellious against Me.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
• Jeremiah 5:19So it will come to pass that when you ask, ‘Why has Adonai Eloheinu done all these things to us?’ you will tell them, ‘As you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’
• Jeremiah 9:12Adonai said “It is because they have forsaken My Torah that I set before them. They have neither obeyed My voice nor walked according to it,
• Jeremiah 11:17For Adonai-Tzva’ot, who planted you, has pronounced evil against you because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done to themselves, provoking Me by offering sacrifices to Baal.
• Jeremiah 16:11Then will You say to them: ‘Because your fathers have forsaken Me,’ says Adonai, ‘and have walked after other gods, served them and worshipped them, and have forsaken Me and have not kept My Torah.
• Jeremiah 19:3and say, “Hear the word of Adonai, kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel: ‘I am about to bring such a catastrophe on this place that whoever hears about it, his ears will tingle.
• Jeremiah 22:9Then they will answer: ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of Adonai their God, and worshipped other gods and served them.’”
• Ezra 9:6I prayed, “O my God, I am ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God! For our iniquities are higher than our heads and our guilt has reached to the heavens.
• Nehemiah 9:33You are righteous in all that has come upon us. For You have acted faithfully while we have done wickedly.
• Lamentations 1:8Jerusalem has greatly sinned— therefore, she has become niddah . All who honored her despise her, for they have seen her nakedness. She herself groans, and turns away.
• Lamentations 4:13Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her kohanim, who shed in her midst the blood of the tzadikim .
• Ezekiel 8:17He said to me, “Have you seen this, son of man? Is it too light a thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations they practice here, that they must also fill the land with violence and provoke Me still more? Look, they are putting the twig to My nose!
• Ezekiel 9:9He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is very, very great; the land is full of blood and the city is full of corruption. For they say, ‘Adonai has forsaken the land, Adonai does not see!’
• Ezekiel 22:25There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst, like a roaring lion tearing prey. They have devoured lives, they take wealth and valuables, they multiply widows in her midst.
• Daniel 9:5we have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have acted wickedly; we have rebelled; we have turned away from Your mitzvot and from Your rulings.

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