Jeremiah 44 · Verse 4

Jeremiah 44:4

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.
Jeremiah 44:4, King James Version

Jeremiah 44:4 in other translations

BSBYet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
WEBHowever 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.”
ASVHowbeit 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.
YLT‘And I send unto you all my servants, the prophets, rising early and sending, saying: I pray you, do not this abomination that I have hated--
DARBYAnd I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing which I hate!
BBEAnd I sent all my servants the prophets to you, getting up early and sending them, saying, Do not do this disgusting thing which is hated by me.
WebsterYet I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.

What does Jeremiah 44:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. (2Ch 36:15).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 O, do not this abominable thing - A strong specimen of affectionate entreaty. One of the finest figures of poetry, when judiciously managed, the anthropopathia, the ascribing human passions to God, is often used by this prophet: so God is said to grieve, to mourn, to have his bowels moved with compassion, to repent, to be angry, etc. Here he is represented as tenderly expostulating: O, do not; or, I entreat you, do not that abominable thing which I hate. 1. Do it not: your God commands. 2. O, do it not: your Father entreats. 3. It is an abominable thing, and should not be done. 4. I hate it, and on that account ye should abstain from it.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · 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…

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Jeremiah 44:4 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.

וָאֶשְׁלַ֤חva.'esh.Lachand I sentH7971
אֲלֵיכֶם֙'a.lei.Khemto youH413
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
עֲבָדַ֣י'a.va.Daiservants myH5650
הַנְּבִיאִ֔יםha.ne.vi.'Imthe prophetsH5030
הַשְׁכֵּ֥יםhash.Keimrising earlyH7925
וְשָׁלֹ֖חַve.sha.Lo.achand sendingH7971
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
אַל\־'al-may notH408
נָ֣אna'pleaseH4994
תַעֲשׂ֗וּta.'a.Suyou doH6213
אֵ֛ת'et<obj.>H853
דְּבַֽר\־de.var-[the] thing ofH1697
הַתֹּעֵבָ֥הha.to.'e.Vah<the> abominationH8441
הַזֹּ֖אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
שָׂנֵֽאתִי\׃sa.Ne.tiI hateH8130

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Cross references for Jeremiah 44:4

  • Jeremiah 26:5

    To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;

  • Jeremiah 7:13

    And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the Lord, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;

  • Jeremiah 7:25

    Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:

  • Jeremiah 16:18

    And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.

  • Jeremiah 29:19

    Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the Lord, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 16:47

    Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:15

    And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

  • Zechariah 7:7

    Should ye not hear the words which the Lord hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?

  • Ezekiel 8:10

    So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.

  • Jeremiah 25:3-4

    From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the Lord hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened. And the Lord hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.

  • Ezekiel 16:36

    Thus saith the Lord God; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;

  • Jeremiah 35:17

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I sent.
7:13,25; 25:3,4; 26:5; 29:19; 32:33; 35:17; 2Ch 36:15; Zec 7:7
this.
16:18; Eze 8:10; 16:36,47; 1Pe 4:3; Re 17:4,5

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Context

  • Jeremiah 44:3

    Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.

  • Jeremiah 44:4

    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.

  • Jeremiah 44:5

    But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

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Jeremiah 44:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y envié á vosotros á todos mis siervos los profetas, madrugando y enviándolos, diciendo: No hagáis ahora esta cosa abominable que yo aborrezco.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et je vous ai envoyé tous mes serviteurs les prophètes, me levant de bonne heure et les envoyant, disant: Ne faites point cette chose abominable que je hais.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich habe alle meine Knechte, die Propheten, zu euch gesandt, früh mich aufmachend und sendend, indem ich sprach: Tut doch nicht diesen Greuel, den ich hasse!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et misi ad vos omnes servos meos prophetas, de nocte consurgens, mittensque et dicens: Nolite facere verbum abominationis hujuscemodi, quam odivi.