Jeremiah 44:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?

Have ye forgotten ... Have ye forgotten how the wickednesses of your fathers were the source of the greatest calamities to you?

The wickedness of their wives. The Jewish queens were great promoters of idolatry, as Solomon's wives (1 Kings 11:1-8;, Maachah, Asa's mother, 1 Kings 15:13; Jezebel, Ahab's wife, 1 Kings 16:31).

Which they committed in the land of Judah - they defiled the land, which was holy unto God.

Jeremiah 44:9

9 Have ye forgotten the wickednessb of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?