Jeremiah 44:21

Was 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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In The King James Version

The incense that 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, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into his mind?

In Context

20Then 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:

22so that Yahweh could no longer forbear because of the wickedness of your doings, because of the abominations which ye committed,—and your land became a desolation, and an astonishment, and a contempt without inhabitant—as at this day?

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Cross References

1 Kings 17:18Then said she unto Elijah, What have I in common with thee, O man of God? Hast thou come unto me, to call to remembrance mine iniquity, and to cause the death of my son?

Isaiah 64:9Do not be indignant, O Yahweh so very greatly, Neither perpetually, do thou recall iniquity,—Lo! look around, we pray thee…thy people, are, we all.

Jeremiah 14:10Thus, saith Yahweh To this people In this way, have they loved to wander, Their feet, have they not restrained,—Yahweh, therefore hath not accepted them, Now, will he call to mind their iniquity,—That he may punish their sins.

Jeremiah 44:17but, we will certainly do, the whole thing that hath gone forth out of our own mouth, by burning incense to the queen of the heavens, and pouring out to her drink-offerings, just as we and our fathers, and our kings and our princes, did, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, then were we filled with bread and became prosperous, and calamity, saw we none;

Ezekiel 16:24That thou didst build thee a brothel,— and didst make thee a height in every broadway:

Hosea 7:2And they say not to their own hearts, that, all their wickedness, I remember, now, have their doings, beset them about, right before my face, have they been done.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 44:21-30

Jeremiah's Continued Remonstrance. ( b. c. 587.) 20 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, 21 The incense that 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, did not the Lord remember them, and came it not into his mind? 22 So that the Lord could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the… Read the whole commentary →

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