Jeremiah 44 · Verse 22

Jeremiah 44:22

So that the Lord could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.
Jeremiah 44:22, King James Version

Jeremiah 44:22 in other translations

BSBSo 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.
WEBThus the LORD could no longer bear it, because of the evil of your doings and because of the abominations which you have committed. Therefore your land has become a desolation, an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is today.
ASVso that Jehovah could not longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land become a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day.
YLTAnd Jehovah is not able any more to accept you, because of the evil of your doings, because of the abominations that ye have done, and your land is for a waste, and for an astonishment, and for a reviling, without inhabitant, as at this day.
DARBYAnd Jehovah could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations that ye had committed; and your land is become a waste, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as at this day.
BBEAnd the Lord was no longer able to put up with the evil of your doings and the disgusting things you did; and because of this your land has become a waste and a cause of wonder and a curse, with no one living in it, as at this day.
WebsterSo that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.

What does Jeremiah 44:22 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 Therefore is your land a desolation - I grant that ye and your husbands have joined together in these abominations; and what is the consequence? "The Lord could no longer bear because of your evil doings; and therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, this day."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 44:20-30

Whatever evil comes upon us, it is because we have sinned against the Lord; we should therefore stand in awe, and sin not. Since they were determined to persist in their idolatry, God would go on to punish them. What little remains of religion were among them, would be lost. The creature-comforts and confidences from which we promise ourselves most, may fail as soon as those from which we promise ourselves least…

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Jeremiah 44:22 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.

וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יוּכַל֩yu.Khalhe was ableH3201
יְהוָ֨הYah.wehYahwehH3068
ע֜וֹדodstillH5750
לָשֵׂ֗אתla.Setto endureH5375
מִפְּנֵי֙mi.pe.Nei<from> because ofH6440
רֹ֣עַRo.a'[the] wickedness ofH7455
מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֔םma.'a.lei.Khemdeeds yourH4611
מִפְּנֵ֥יmi.pe.Nei<from> because ofH6440
הַתּוֹעֵבֹ֖תha.to.'e.Votthe abominationsH8441
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
עֲשִׂיתֶ֑ם'a.si.Temyou didH6213
וַתְּהִ֣יva.te.Hiand it has becomeH1961
אַ֠רְצְכֶם'Ar.tze.khemland yourH776
לְחָרְבָּ֨הle.cha.re.Bah<into> a desolationH2723
וּלְשַׁמָּ֧הu.le.sha.Mahand <into> a wasteH8047
וְלִקְלָלָ֛הve.lik.la.Lahand <into> a curseH7045
מֵאֵ֥יןme.'Einfrom notH369
יוֹשֵׁ֖בyo.ShevinhabitantH3427
כְּהַיּ֥וֹםke.hai.Yomas the dayH3117
הַזֶּֽה\׃ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088

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Cross references for Jeremiah 44:22

  • Jeremiah 25:18

    To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;

  • Isaiah 43:24

    Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.

  • Jeremiah 25:38

    He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.

  • Jeremiah 25:11

    And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

  • Isaiah 7:13

    And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?

  • 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.

  • Malachi 2:17

    Ye have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

  • Jeremiah 18:16

    To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.

  • Psalms 95:10-11

    Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

  • 1 Kings 9:7-8

    Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?

  • Ezekiel 5:13

    Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the Lord have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.

  • Lamentations 2:15-16

    All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
could.
15:6; Ge 6:3,5-7; Ps 95:10,11; Isa 1:24; 7:13; 43:24; Eze 5:13
Am 2:13; Mal 2:17; Ro 2:4,5; 9:22; 2Pe 3:7-9
your land.
2,6,12; 18:16; 24:9; 25:11,18,38; 26:6; 29:19; 1Ki 9:7,8; La 2:15,16
Da 9:12

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Context

  • Jeremiah 44:21

    The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the Lord remember them, and came it not into his mind?

  • Jeremiah 44:22

    So that the Lord could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.

  • Jeremiah 44:23

    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.

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Jeremiah 44:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y no pudo sufrir más Jehová á causa de la maldad de vuestras obras, á causa de las abominaciones que habíais hecho: por tanto vuestra tierra fué en asolamiento, y en espanto, y en maldición, hasta no quedar morador, como hoy.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et l’ Éternel ne put plus le supporter, à cause de l’iniquité de vos actions, et à cause des choses abominables que vous avez faites, et votre pays est devenu un désert, et une désolation, et une malédiction, de sorte qu’il n’y a pas d’habitant, comme il paraît aujourd’hui.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Jehova konnte es nicht mehr ertragen wegen der Bosheit eurer Handlungen, wegen der Greuel, die ihr verübtet. Darum ist euer Land zur Einöde, zum Entsetzen und zum Fluche geworden, ohne Bewohner, wie es an diesem Tage ist.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et non poterat Dominus ultra portare propter malitiam studiorum vestrorum, et propter abominationes quas fecistis: et facta est terra vestra in desolationem, et in stuporem, et in maledictum, eo quod non sit habitator, sicut est dies hæc.