Jeremiah 44:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

Burning incense unto other gods in Egypt - where they polluted themselves to ingratiate themselves with the Egyptians.

Whither ye be gone to dwell. Not compelled by fear but of your own accord, when I forbade you, and when it was free to you to stay in Judea, that ye might cut yourselves off-they, as it were, purposely courted their own ruin.

Jeremiah 44:8

8 In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?