Jeremías 44:15

15 Entonces todas las mujeres presentes y todos los hombres que sabían que sus esposas habían quemado incienso a los ídolos —una gran multitud de todos los judíos que vivían en el norte y en el sur de Egipto
— le contestaron a Jeremías:

Jeremías 44:15 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 44:15

Then all the men which knew that their wires had burnt incense
unto other gods
Which was a rite God appointed to be used in his worship; and is here put for the whole of religious worship, which was given to idols by the Jewish women; this their husbands knew of, and winked at, and did not restrain them from it, as they should; they seem to be themselves irreligious persons, a sort of atheists, who had no regard for the true God, nor any other gods, and cared not who were worshipped: and all the women that stood by;
the wives of the men that stood by their husbands, and other women that stood and heard Jeremiah's sermon, and were conscious to themselves of being guilty of what they were charged with by him: a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt,
in Pathros;
in that part of Egypt so called, which was Thebais: here it seems Jeremiah was with that part of the people that took up their residence there; and by this it appears there was a large number of them, men and women, and who were all become idolaters, or connivers at, and encouragers of, such as were: these answered Jeremiah, saying,
one in the name of the rest made a reply, as follows:

Jeremías 44:15 In-Context

13 Los castigaré en Egipto así como lo hice en Jerusalén, con guerra, hambre y enfermedad.

14 Del remanente que huyó a Egipto, con la esperanza de regresar algún día a Judá, no quedarán sobrevivientes. A pesar de que anhelan volver a su tierra solo un puñado lo hará».

15 Entonces todas las mujeres presentes y todos los hombres que sabían que sus esposas habían quemado incienso a los ídolos —una gran multitud de todos los judíos que vivían en el norte y en el sur de Egipto
— le contestaron a Jeremías:

16 —¡No escucharemos tus mensajes del Señor
!

17 Haremos lo que se nos antoje. Quemaremos incienso y derramaremos ofrendas líquidas a la reina del cielo tanto como nos guste, tal como nosotros, nuestros antepasados, nuestros reyes y funcionarios han hecho siempre en las ciudades de Judá y en las calles de Jerusalén. ¡Pues en aquellos días teníamos comida en abundancia, estábamos bien económicamente y no teníamos problemas!