Jeremiah 44:7

So this is what the Lord God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Why are you hurting yourselves so badly by removing from Judah every man, woman, child, infant, so you don't have anyone left?

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In The King James Version

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;

In Context

6That's why my furious anger poured out and set fire to the towns of Judah and burned in the streets of Jerusalem, making them the abandoned ruins they still are today.

8Why are you making me angry by what you do, burning incense to other gods in Egypt where you have come to live? Because of this you will be destroyed, and you will become a curse word, an expression of condemnation among all the nations on earth.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:25Outside in the streets the sword kills their children, inside their homes, they die from fright; young men and young women, children and old people.

Judges 21:11This is what you have to do: Destroy every male and every woman who has had sex with a man.”

1 Samuel 22:19Then he went to Nob, the town of the priests, and slaughtered its men and women, children and infants, cattle, donkeys, and sheep.

Proverbs 5:22The wicked are trapped by their evil actions; the cords of their sins tie them up.

Proverbs 15:32If you ignore instruction you have no self-esteem, but if you listen to correction you gain understanding.

Jeremiah 9:21Death has slipped in through our windows; it has come into our fortresses. It has killed the children playing in the streets and the young people gathering in the town squares.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 44:2-15

Sermon to the Jews in Egypt; Jeremiah's Remonstrance. ( b. c. 587.) 1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying, 2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein, 3 Because of their wickedness which they have… Read the whole commentary →

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