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Jeremiah 44:16-18
1599 Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 44:16-18
1599 Geneva Bible
16 The word that thou hast spoken unto us in the Name of the Lord, we will [a]not hear it of thee,
17 But we will do whatsoever thing goeth out of our own mouth, as to burn incense unto [b]the Queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, both we and our fathers, our kings and our princes in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then [c]had we [d]plenty of vittles and were well and [e]felt none evil.
18 But since we left off to burn incense to the Queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have had [f]scarceness of all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
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- Jeremiah 44:16 This declareth how dangerous a thing it is to decline once from God, and to follow our own fantasies: for Satan ever soliciteth such, and doth not leave them till he have brought them to extreme impudency and madness, even to justify their wickedness against God and his Prophets.
- Jeremiah 44:17 Read Jer. 7:18, it seemeth that the Papists gathered of this place Salve Regina, and Regina caeli latare, calling the virgin Mary Queen of heaven, and so of the blessed virgin and mother of our Savior Christ, made an idol: for here the Prophet condemneth their idolatry.
- Jeremiah 44:17 Hebrew, we were satiated with bread.
- Jeremiah 44:17 This is still the argument of idolaters, which esteem religion by the belly, and instead of acknowledging God’s works, who sendeth both plenty and dearth, health and sickness, they attribute it to their idols, and so dishonor God.
- Jeremiah 44:17 Or, saw.
- Jeremiah 44:18 Or, want.
Jeremiah 44:16-18
New International Version
Jeremiah 44:16-18
New International Version
16 “We will not listen(A) to the message you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord!(B) 17 We will certainly do everything we said we would:(C) We will burn incense(D) to the Queen of Heaven(E) and will pour out drink offerings to her just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials(F) did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem.(G) At that time we had plenty of food(H) and were well off and suffered no harm.(I) 18 But ever since we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings(J) to her, we have had nothing and have been perishing by sword and famine.(K)”
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