Jeremiah 44:8

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in the land of Egypt-in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis-and in the land of Pathros: ²"This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster I brought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, they lie today in ruins and desolation ³because of the evil they have done. They provoked Me to anger by continuing to burn incense and to serve other gods that neither they nor you nor your fathers ever knew. ⁴Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: 'Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.' ⁵But they did not listen or incline their ears; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop burning incense to other gods. ⁶Therefore My wrath and anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so they have become the desolate ruin they are today. ⁷So now, this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves? You are cutting off from Judah man and woman, child and infant, leaving yourselves without a remnant, ⁸provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have gone to reside. As a result, you will be cut off and become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.⁹Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers and of the kings of Judah and their wives, as well as the wickedness that you and your wives committed in the land of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem? ¹⁰To this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed My instruction or the statutes that I set before you and your fathers.

Bible Verse Review
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ye provoke: Jeremiah 25:6, Jeremiah 25:7, Deuteronomy 32:16, Deuteronomy 32:17, 2 Kings 17:15-17, Isaiah 3:8, 1 Corinthians 10:21, 1 Corinthians 10:22, Hebrews 3:16

that ye might cut: Jeremiah 44:7, Ezekiel 18:31, Ezekiel 18:32

a curse: Jeremiah 44:12, Jeremiah 18:16, Jeremiah 24:9, Jeremiah 26:6, Jeremiah 29:18, Jeremiah 42:18, 1 Kings 9:7, 1 Kings 9:8, 2 Chronicles 7:20, Isaiah 65:15, Lamentations 2:15, Lamentations 2:16

Reciprocal: Leviticus 10:1 - put incense Nehemiah 1:3 - reproach Psalms 89:41 - he is Jeremiah 23:40 - General Jeremiah 33:9 - before Jeremiah 44:23 - ye have burned Ezekiel 22:4 - have I Hosea 8:4 - that they Revelation 9:20 - worship

Cross-References

Genesis 42:21
Then they said to one another, "Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us."

Genesis 42:27
At the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of the sack.

Genesis 42:35
As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man's sack was his bag of silver! And when they and their father saw the bags of money, they were dismayed.

Genesis 43:12
Take double the money with you so that you may return the money that was put back into in the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.

Genesis 44:7
"Why does my lord say these things?" they asked. "Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.

Genesis 44:10
"As you say," replied the steward. "But only the one who is found with the cup will be my slave, and the rest of you shall be free of blame."

Genesis 44:11
So each one quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.

Genesis 44:21
Then you told your servants, 'Bring him down to me so that I can see him for myself.'

Genesis 44:22
So we said to my lord, 'The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.'

Exodus 20:15
You shall not steal.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands,.... Their sinful actions, particularly their idolatry, by worshipping images, the works of men's hands; and though it was the queen of heaven they worshipped, which their hands made not, yet it was before images they did that; besides, the things they did to her were the worlds of their hands, as sacrificing, pouring out drink offerings, and as follows:

burning incense; which they did, not only to her, but

to other gods in the land of Egypt; where they were very numerous:

whither ye be gone to dwell; against the express will and command of God:

that ye might cut yourselves off; as from the worship of God, so from being his people, and from being under his care and protection, and from all privileges temporal and spiritual:

and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? not that this was their view, end, and design, but this was the event so it was, that they were looked upon as an accursed people of God and man, and their names were taken up for a proverb and a reproach everywhere.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Cut yourselves off - Rather, cut (them, Jeremiah 44:7) off from you.