Jeremiah 44:16

16 "We won't listen to the message that you have spoken to us in the LORD's name.

Jeremiah 44:16 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 44:16

[As for] the word that thou has, spoken unto us in the name
of the Lord
Which they did not believe that it came from the Lord, but was a device of the prophet's, and a lie, as in ( Jeremiah 43:2 ) ; and if it did come from the Lord, their impudence was risen to such a pitch, that they were determined not to regard it: we will not hearken unto thee:
to thy words; neither to thy exhortations, reproofs, or menaces, even though thou comest and speakest in the name of the Lord. This, and what follows, is an unparalleled instance of the pride, obstinacy, enmity, and rebellion of the carnal mind against God.

Jeremiah 44:16 In-Context

14 None of the people of Judah who went to live in Egypt will survive or return to Judah, where they long to return and live. Only a few refugees will return there.

15 Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, all the women who were standing there, and all the people who lived at Pathros in Egypt answered Jeremiah. They said,

16 "We won't listen to the message that you have spoken to us in the LORD's name.

17 We will do everything we said we would do. We will burn incense to the queen of heaven and pour out wine offerings to her as our ancestors, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and on the streets of Jerusalem. We had plenty to eat then, and we lived comfortably and saw no disaster.

18 But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of heaven and pouring out wine offerings to her, we have had nothing but wars and famines."