Jeremiah 44:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day. ”

• Jeremiah 44:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Could no longer bear - The prophet corrects in these words the error of their argument in Jeremiah 44:17 . God is long-suffering, and therefore punishment follows slowly upon sin.

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• Jeremiah 44:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Jeremiah 44. Denunciation of the Jewish Worship of Ishtar in Egypt. Jeremiah points to the desolation of Judah as the experienced consequence of idolatry, notwithstanding Yahweh's warnings ( Jeremi...

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• Jeremiah 44:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  bear . forbear.

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• Jeremiah 44:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  And hence he adds, Jehovah could not endure the wickedness of your works and the abominations which ye have done: therefore, he says, your land has been reduced to a waste The Prophet, in...

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• Jeremiah 44:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a c...

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• Jeremiah 44:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a...

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• Jeremiah 44:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Jeremiah's Latest Prophecy (after 586 b.c.). (The prophecies against the Gentile nations (Jeremiah 46-51) were mostly uttered after the battle of Carchemish, 605 b.c.) He denounces the unabated id...

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• Jeremiah 44:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (20-23) Then Jeremiah said... — The prophet makes an effective rejoinder to the assertion that the prosperity of past years had coincided with the idolatrous worship which he condemned. That prospe...

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• Jeremiah 44:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER XV THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN Jeremiah 44:1-30 "Since we left off burning incense and offering libations to the Queen of Heaven, we have been in want of everything, and have been consumed by...

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• Jeremiah 44:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The next prophecy in Egypt was of a fiery protest against the persistent rebellion of the people of God. The prophet reminded them of the patience of God, and of how His anger had already been poured...

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• Jeremiah 44:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Here the Lord compels them to look back, and trace the causes or all their past calamity. The idolatry of themselves, and their fathers, had already brought upon them, and their land, the awful judgm...

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• Jeremiah 44:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  So that the Lord could no longer forbear ,.... He did forbear a long time, and did not stir up all his wrath, but waited to see if these people would repent of their sins, and turn from them; during...

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• Jeremiah 44:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, [and] because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a c...

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• Jeremiah 44:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Then Jeremiah said, The incense that ye burned , &c. In these verses the prophet shows that they interpreted the dispensations of God's providence toward them in a sense directly contrary to the...

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• Jeremiah 44:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Jeremiah's Continued Remonstrance. B. C. 587.       20 Then Jeremiah said unto all the peopl...

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• Jeremiah 44:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• Jeremiah 44:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Word Of YHWH Comes Against All His People Who Have Taken Refuge In Egypt In The Past Because Instead Of Learning Their Lesson From What Has Happened To Jerusalem They Have Turned To Other Gods,...

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• Jeremiah 44:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter .—A considerable interval must be placed between this chapter and the two preceding, which record their arrival in Egypt; for we here find...

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• Jeremiah 44:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Jeremiah 44:1 . Migdol was not far from the Red sea. Exodus 14:2 . It was now a great city, being in several places put first by Jeremiah, situate only twelve hundred paces from Damiette. Pathro...

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• Jeremiah 44:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Jeremiah's debate with the Jewish fugitives in Pathros; his last prophecy. Jeremiah 44:1-24 Accusation brought against the obstinately idolatrous people. Jeremiah 44:1 Wh...

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• Jeremiah 44:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Answer of the Jews and the Lord's Prophecy of Punishment

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• Jeremiah 44:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 9:7 ; 1 Kings 9:8 ; 2 Peter 3:7-9 ; Amos 2:13 ; Daniel 9:12 ; Ezekiel 5:13 ; Genesis 6:3 ; Genesis 6:5-7 ; Isaiah 1:24 ; Isaiah 43:24 ; Isaiah 7:13 ; Jeremiah 15:6 ; Jeremiah 18:...

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