Jeremiah 44:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 44:4

2 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘You have seen all the calamity that I have brought on Jerusalem and on all the cities of Judah; and behold, this day they are ^aa desolation, and no one dwells in them,

3 because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke Me to anger, in that they went ^ato burn incense and to ^bserve other gods whom they did not know, they nor you nor your fathers.

4 However ^aI have sent to you all My servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, “Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate!”

5 But they did not listen or incline their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense to other gods.

6 So My fury and My anger were poured out and kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they¹ are wasted and desolate, as it is this day.’

7 “Now therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Why do you commit this great evil ^aagainst yourselves, to cut off from you man and woman, child and infant, out of Judah, leaving none to remain,

8 in that you ^aprovoke Me to wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have gone to dwell, that you may cut yourselves off and be ^ba curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 44:4

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American Standard Version
Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.

Amplified® Bible
Yet I sent to you all My servants the prophets earnestly {and} persistently, saying, Oh, do not do this loathsome {and} shamefully vile thing that I hate {and} abhor!

Contemporary English Version
Time after time I sent my servants the prophets to tell the people of Judah how much I hated their disgusting sins. The prophets warned them to stop sinning,

Darby English Version
And I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing which I hate!

Good News Bible
I kept sending you my servants the prophets, who told you not to do this terrible thing that I hate.

King James Version
Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.

New American Standard Bible
`Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets, again and again, saying, "Oh, do not do this abominable thing which I hate."

New International Version
Again and again I sent my servants the prophets, who said, 'Do not do this detestable thing that I hate!'

New King James Version
However I have sent to you all My servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, “Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate!”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
'Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets, again and again, saying, "Oh, do not do this abominable thing which I hate."

Revised Standard Version
Yet I persistently sent to you all my servants the prophets, saying, 'Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate!'

Young's Literal Translation
`And I send unto you all my servants, the prophets, rising early and sending, saying: I pray you, do not this abomination that I have hated --

New English Translation
I sent my servants the prophets to you people over and over¹ again warning you not to do this disgusting thing I hate.²

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