Passage Research
Jeremiah 44 — Sermon Preparation
The Jewish refugees in Egypt insist on burning incense to the Queen of Heaven; Jeremiah announces their near-total destruction as a consequence. 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
- 623 / 173
- 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.
“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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