Jeremiah 44:20

Then spake Jeremiah unto all the people,—against the men and against the women, and against all the people who had been making any answer unto him, saying:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying,

In Context

19And, though we are burning incense to the queen of the heavens and pouring out to her drink-offerings, is it, without our men that we have made to her sacrificial cakes as images of her and poured out to her, drink-offerings?

21Was it not, the very incense which ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye and your fathers your kings and your princes and the people of the land, was it not those very things, that Yahweh did remember, and that came up on his heart;

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Cross References

Ezekiel 2:3And he said unto me- Son of man I am sending thee unto the sons of Israel, unto rebellious nations, which have rebelled against me,—they, and their fathers have transgressed against me, until this very day;

Romans 6:21What fruit, therefore, had ye then—in things for which ye now are taking shame to yourselves? For, the end of those things, is death.

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 →

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