King James Version
Jeremiah 44:20 in the King James Version says “Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that ans...” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 44 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer , saying,”
Jeremiah 44:20 · KJV
But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men? men: or, husbands?
Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer , saying,
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?
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and to all the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and to all the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“which had given him that answer”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
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