Jeremiah 44:23

Sin

²¹ “As for the incense you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem—you, your fathers, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land—did the LORD not remember and bring this to mind?

²² So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.

Because you burned incense and sinned against the LORD, and did not obey the voice of the LORD or walk in His instruction, His statutes, and His testimonies, this disaster has befallen you, as you see today.”

²⁴ Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, “Hear the word of the LORD, all those of Judah who are in the land of Egypt.

²⁵ This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands your words: ‘We will surely perform our vows that we have made to burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her.’ Go ahead, then, do what you have promised! Keep your vows!

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Because you burned incense and sinned against the LORD, and did not obey the voice of the LORD or walk in His instruction, His statutes, and His testimonies, this disaster has befallen you, as you see today.”
KJV: Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.
WEB: Because you have burned incense and because you have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the LORD’s voice, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil has happened to you, as it is today.”
ASV: Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against Jehovah, and have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as it is this day.
DARBY: Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against Jehovah, and have not hearkened unto the voice of Jehovah, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil hath come upon you, as at this day.
BLB: Before the face of that you⁺ have burned incense, and that you⁺ have sinned against YHWH, and you⁺ have not listened to the voice of YHWH, and by His law, and by His statutes, and by His testimonies you⁺ have not walked—upon thus this disaster has met you⁺, as this day.”

ÅB: Fordi dere brant røkelse og syndet mot Herren og ikke hørte på Herrens røst og ikke levde etter hans lov og bud og vitnesbyrd, derfor rammet denne ulykke dere, som det sees på denne dag.
OTB: Fordi dere har brent ofre og syndet mot Herren og ikke har adlydt Ham eller fulgt Hans lov, Hans forskrifter eller Hans vitnesbyrd, har denne katastrofen kommet over dere, som dere nå ser."
B1930: Fordi I brente røkelse og syndet mot Herren og ikke hørte på Herrens røst og ikke levde efter hans lov og bud og vidnesbyrd, derfor rammet denne ulykke eder, som det sees på denne dag.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Kings 9:9
And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, the LORD has brought all this disaster upon them.’”
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Daniel 9:11–12
All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have sinned against You.
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Psalms 119:150
Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.
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Nehemiah 13:18
Did not your forefathers do the same things, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His wrath against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!”
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Jeremiah 7:13–15
And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,
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Psalms 119:155
Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.
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Jeremiah 40:3
and now the LORD has fulfilled it; He has done just as He said. Because you people have sinned against the LORD and have not obeyed His voice, this thing has happened to you.
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Lamentations 1:8
Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.
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