Jeremiah 44:6

6 So My fierce wrath poured forth and burned in Judah's cities and Jerusalem's streets so that they became the desolate ruin they are today.

Jeremiah 44:6 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 44:6

Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth
Like melted metal, scalding lead, liquefied pitch, or anything of a bituminous and sulphurous nature, which spreads, is consuming, and very intolerable; see ( Jeremiah 42:18 ) ; and was kindled in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of
Jerusalem;
which, like a fire, burnt up and destroyed these cities, and particularly the large and spacious city of Jerusalem: and they are wasted [and] desolate, as at this day;
now lie in ruins, as may be seen by everyone; the thing is notorious; this is their present case; they are become desolate, and so continue.

Jeremiah 44:6 In-Context

4 So I sent you all My servants the prophets time and time again, saying, Don't do this detestable thing that I hate.

5 But they did not listen or pay attention; they did not turn from their evil or stop burning incense to other gods.

6 So My fierce wrath poured forth and burned in Judah's cities and Jerusalem's streets so that they became the desolate ruin they are today.

7 "So now, this is what the Lord, the God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves? You are cutting off man and woman, child and infant from Judah, leaving yourselves without a remnant.

8 You are provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands. You are burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have gone to live for a while. As a result, you will be cut off and become an object of cursing and insult among all the nations of earth.