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UYeremiya 44:29

29 Nangu ke umqondiso kuni, utsho uYehova, wokuba ndiya kunivelela kule ndawo, ukuze nazi ukuba amazwi am aya kuma, animele ububi.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Egypt;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hophra;   Jeremiah;   Sign;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Queen of Heaven;   Sign;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Idolatry;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Pharaoh Hophra;  

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a sign: Jeremiah 44:30, 1 Samuel 2:34, Matthew 24:15, Matthew 24:16, Matthew 24:32-34, Mark 13:14-16, Luke 21:20, Luke 21:21, Luke 21:20, Luke 21:21, Luke 21:29-33

my words: Proverbs 19:21, Isaiah 40:8

Reciprocal: Numbers 11:23 - thou shalt 1 Kings 13:3 - General 2 Kings 10:10 - fall unto the earth Psalms 119:21 - cursed Isaiah 9:9 - And all Isaiah 19:1 - Egypt Isaiah 21:17 - for Isaiah 31:2 - will not Jeremiah 23:30 - General Jeremiah 39:16 - Behold Jeremiah 44:28 - shall know Ezekiel 20:32 - We will

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And this [shall be] a sign unto you, saith the Lord, that I will punish you in this place,.... In Egypt, as before threatened; and what follows is a confirming sign that so it would be; and which, when observed by some, gave the hint to them to make their escape; though others, being hardened in their idolatry, impenitence, and unbelief, continued, and perished:

that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil; which sign, when they should see, they might assure themselves that the threatenings of evil to them would certainly be accomplished, as sure as they saw the sign given, which is as follows:

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Earnest as was the preceding expostulation, Jeremiah sees that it has produced no effect. He therefore utters his last warning, and with this last resistance to the sins of a debased and godless people, his earthly ministry closed.

Jeremiah 44:25

And fulfilled with your hand - Your hands. Jeremiah pointed to their hands, in which they were carrying the crescent-shaped cakes which they had vowed to the goddess. Their idolatry therefore was an accomplished deed, as the symbols held in their hands testified.

Ye will surely accomplish - Or, Accomplish then your vows. It is not a prediction, but is ironical, and means that as they will take no warning, they must needs have their way.

Jeremiah 44:26

My name shall no more be named ... - God swears by His own great Name that He will be their national God no longer. Yahweh repudiates His covenant-relation toward them.

Jeremiah 44:27

I will watch - I am watching over them, not for good, but for evil: like a panther Jeremiah 5:6 lying in wait to spring upon passengers.

Shall be consumed - This is the result of Yahweh’s repudiation of thee covenant. When He was their God He watched over them for good: now His protection is withdrawn, and He is their enemy, because of the wickedness whereby their rejection was made necessary. See the Jeremiah 6:9 note.

Jeremiah 44:28

Literally, “And fugitives from the sword (see Jeremiah 44:14) shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, mere of number, i. e., so few that they can be counted: and all the remnant of Jadah that are going etc.” So unendurable shall be their sufferings in Egypt, that the men now abandoning Judaea in the hope of finding an asylum there shall be glad to return like runaways from a lost battle.

Whose words ... - Whose word shall stand, from Me or from them, i. e., the one prediction, that their descent into Egypt would be their ruin, which they denied.

Jeremiah 44:30

Pharaoh-Hophra came to the throne the year before Jerusalem was captured. He reigned for 19 years, probably the last 10 years as a prisoner. See the notes at Jeremiah 37:5; notes at Jeremiah 46:12.


 
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