Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
whatsoever . . . goeth . . . out of our . . . mouth—whatever vow we have uttered to our gods (Jeremiah 44:25; Deuteronomy 23:23; Judges 11:36). The source of all superstitions is that men oppose their own will and fancies to God's commands.
queen of heaven—(See on Jeremiah 7:18); Ashtaroth or Astarte.
we . . . fathers . . . king, etc.—The evil was restricted to no one class: all from the highest to the lowest shared the guilt.
then had we plenty—Fools attribute their seeming prosperity to God's connivance at their sin: but see Proverbs 1:32; Ecclesiastes 8:11-13. In fact, God had often chastised them for their idolatry (see Judges 2:14); but it is the curse of impiety not to perceive the hand of God in calamities.
victuals—Men cast away the bread of the soul for the bread that perisheth (Deuteronomy 8:3; John 6:27). So Esau (Hebrews 12:16).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 44:17:
Deuteronomy 28:36
Jeremiah 7:18
Jeremiah 44:28
Hosea 2:5
Zephaniah 3:15
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