Jeremiah 44:17
Then Sedekias sent, and called him; and the king asked him secretly, saying, Is there a word from the Lord? and he said, There is: you shall be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
16So Jeremias came into the dungeon, and into the cells, and he remained there many days.
Cross References
Numbers 30:2And Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord has commanded.
Deuteronomy 23:23You shall observe the words that proceed from between your lips; and as you have vowed a gift to the Lord God, so shall you do that which you have spoken with your mouth.
2 Kings 17:16They forsook the commandments of the Lord their God, and made themselves + 17:16 Gr. a graven image. graven images, even two heifers, and they made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
Nehemiah 9:34And our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our fathers, have not performed your law, and have not given heed to your commandments, and have not kept your testimonies which you did testify to them.
Psalms 106:6Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he delivered them out of their distresses. 1
Jeremiah 7:17Seest you not what they do in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 44:16-20
The People's Insolent Reply. ( b. c. 587.) 15 Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto 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, 16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord , we will not hearken unto thee. 17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink… Read the whole commentary →