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Jeremiah 44:4 Cross-References
Explore 15 cross-references for Jeremiah 44:4 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 44 verse 4 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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 (KJV)
Commentary on Jeremiah 44:4
Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them—the emphatic wāʾešlaḥ (and I sent) stresses divine initiative. The phrase rising early (haškem wəšālōaḥ) is Jeremiah's characteristic expression (used 7 times), depicting God's persistent eagerness to warn His people—like a concerned father rising before dawn to intercept his wayward children. All my servants the prophets references the long succession of prophets God sent to Judah (2 Kings 17:13; Jeremiah 7:25, 25:4, 26:5).Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate—the entreaty particle ʾal-nāʾ (Oh, please d...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Jeremiah 44:4
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“whom I send to you”
“because you have done all these works”
“I have sent to you all my servants the prophets”
“says Yahweh”
“nor done after their abominations; but”
“the God of their fathers”
“when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity”
“because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things”
“every form of creeping things”
“and having walked in lewdness”