Jeremiah 44:20

20 And Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people that had given him that answer, saying,

Jeremiah 44:20 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 44:20

Then Jeremiah said unto all the people
Immediately, being influenced, directed, and assisted by the Spirit of God; though what he says, in ( Jeremiah 44:21-23 ) ; he does not declare as coming from the Lord; but what was upon his mind, and was a full refutation of all that had been said: and which he delivered to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him
[that] answer;
in which they all agreed, though delivered by one; and to which he made a reply: saying;
as follows:

Jeremiah 44:20 In-Context

18 But since we left off burning incense to the queen of the heavens, and pouring out drink-offerings to her, we have wanted everything, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.

19 And when we burned incense to the queen of the heavens and poured out drink-offerings to her, did we make for her cakes to portray her, and pour out drink-offerings to her, without our husbands?

20 And Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people that had given him that answer, saying,

21 Is it not 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, that Jehovah remembered, and that came into his mind?

22 And Jehovah could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, [and] because of the abominations that ye had committed; and your land is become a waste, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as at this day.