Jeremiah 44:4
2 “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster that I brought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, they lie today in ruins and desolation
3 because of the evil they have done. They provoked Me to anger by continuing to burn incense and to serve other gods that neither they nor you nor your fathers ever knew.
Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
5 But they did not listen or incline their ears; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop burning incense to other gods.
6 Therefore My wrath and anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so that they have become the desolate ruin they are today.
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.
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- BSB
- Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, “Oh, don’t do this abominable thing that I hate.”
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- And I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing which I hate!
- BLB
- And I sent to you⁺ all My servants the prophets, rising early and sending [them], saying: ‘I implore [you], do not do the thing of this abhorrence that I hate!’
- ÅB
- Og jeg sendte alle mine tjenere, profetene, til dere tidlig og sent og sa: Gjør ikke denne avskyelige ting som jeg hater!
- OTB
- Jeg sendte alle mine tjenere profetene til dere gjentatte ganger og sa: 'Ikke gjør denne avskyelige handlingen som jeg avskyr.'
- B1930
- Og jeg sendte alle mine tjenere, profetene, til eder tidlig og sent og sa: Gjør ikke denne vederstyggelige ting som jeg hater!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 26:5
and if you do not listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have sent you again and again even though you did not listen,
Read in contextJeremiah 7:13
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,
Read in contextJeremiah 7:25
From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again.
Read in contextJeremiah 16:18
And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.”
Read in contextJeremiah 29:19
I will do this because they have not listened to My words, declares the LORD, which I sent to them again and again through My servants the prophets. And neither have you exiles listened, declares the LORD.”
Read in contextEzekiel 16:47
And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were.
Read in context2 Chronicles 36:15
Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.
Read in contextZechariah 7:7
Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”
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