Jeremiah 44 · Verse 11

Jeremiah 44:11

Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.
Jeremiah 44:11, King James Version

Jeremiah 44:11 in other translations

BSBTherefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah.
WEB“Therefore the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah.
ASVTherefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah.
YLT‘Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am setting my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah,
DARBYTherefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.
BBESo this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, my face will be turned against you for evil, for the cutting off of all Judah;
WebsterTherefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.

What does Jeremiah 44:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. Behold, I will set my face against you for evil--(See on Le 17:10). and to cut off all Judah--that is, all the idolaters; Jr 44:28 shows that some returned to Judea (compare Jr 42:17).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 44:1-14

The Jews in Egypt persist in idolatry. (Jr 44:1-14) They refuse to reform. (Jr 44:15-19) Jeremiah then denounces destruction upon them. (Jr 44:20-30) Verses 1-14 God reminds the Jews of the sins that brought desolations upon Judah. It becomes us to warn men of the danger of sin with all seriousness: Oh, do not do it! If you love God, do not, for it is provoking to him; if you love your own souls, do not, for it is…

Read the full comment on Jeremiah 44:1-14 →

Jeremiah 44:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לָכֵ֗ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651
כֹּֽה\־koh-thusH3541
אָמַ֞ר'a.Marhe saysH559
יְהוָ֤הYah.wehYahwehH3068
צְבָאוֹת֙tze.va.'Otof hostsH6635
אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
הִנְנִ֨יhi.Nihere IH2005
שָׂ֥םsam[am] about to setH7760
פָּנַ֛יpa.Naiface myH6440
בָּכֶ֖םba.Khemon <the> you
לְרָעָ֑הle.ra.'Ahfor harmH7451
וּלְהַכְרִ֖יתu.le.hakh.Ritand to cut offH3772
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
יְהוּדָֽה\׃ye.hu.DahJudahH3063

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 44:11

  • Jeremiah 21:10

    For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the Lord: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

  • Amos 9:4

    And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

  • Leviticus 20:5-6

    Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people. And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

  • Psalms 34:16

    The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

  • Leviticus 26:17

    And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

  • Leviticus 17:10

    And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

  • Ezekiel 15:7

    And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them.

  • Ezekiel 14:7-8

    For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the Lord will answer him by myself: And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will.
21:10; Le 17:10; 20:5,6; 26:17; Ps 34:16; Eze 14:7,8; 15:7; Am 9:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Jeremiah 44:10

    They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.

  • Jeremiah 44:11

    Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.

  • Jeremiah 44:12

    And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.

Read all of Jeremiah 44

Jeremiah 44:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por tanto, así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: He aquí que yo pongo mi rostro en vosotros para mal, y para destruir á todo Judá.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
C’est pourquoi, ainsi dit l’ Éternel des armées, le Dieu d’Israël: Voici, je mets ma face contre vous pour le mal, et pour retrancher tout Juda!
German
Elberfelder 1871
Darum, so spricht Jehova der Heerscharen, der Gott Israels: Siehe, ich will mein Angesicht wider euch richten zum Unglück, und zur Ausrottung von ganz Juda.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ideo hæc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël: Ecce ego ponam faciem meam in vobis in malum: et disperdam omnem Judam.