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Jeremiah 44 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Jeremiah 44, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

30
verses
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Hebrew words / lemmas
19
classic sermon excerpts
5
preachers & commentators

Jeremiah 44 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
יְהוּדָה Yᵉhûwdâh H3063 18 Jehudah
מִצְרַיִם Mitsrayim H4714 14 Mitsrajim
רַע raʻ H7451 14 bad, evil
קָטַר qâṭar H6999 10 smoke, turn into fragrance by fire
דָּבָר dâbâr H1697 9 word, matter
נָסַךְ nâçak H5258 5 pour, cast
אִשָּׁה ʼishshâh H802 8 woman

How preachers through history handled this text

19 public-domain excerpts on Jeremiah 44, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 15 Matthew Henry 1 Alexander MacLaren 1 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“20. 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, 20. Et dixit Jeremias ad totum populum, ad viros et mulieres, et ad totum populum, qui responderant ipsi sermonem, dicendo, 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? 21. …”

— Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations - Volume 4, on Jeremiah 44:20–23 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Egypt — Jer 44:1
  • Memphis — Jer 44:1
  • Migdol 2 — Jer 44:1
  • Pathros — Jer 44:1
  • Tahpanhes — Jer 44:1

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