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Jeremías 44:7

Listen to Jeremías 44:7
7 »Y ahora, así dice el SEÑOR, el Dios Todopoderoso, el Dios de Israel: “¿Por qué se provocan ustedes mismos un mal tan grande? ¿Por qué provocan la muerte de la gente de Judá, de hombres, mujeres, niños y recién nacidos, hasta acabar con todos?

Jeremías 44:7 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 44:7

Therefore now thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of
Israel
The same epithets as before, ( Jeremiah 44:2 ) ; with an addition, that his words might carry more weight with them: wherefore commit ye [this] great evil against your souls;
the sin of idolatry, which is a great evil; a sin against God; a giving the glory to another, that belongs to him and not only so, but is against the souls of men; pernicious and ruinous to them, which brings destruction, even eternal wrath and damnation, on them; and this is an interesting argument why it should not be committed; nay, it was not only against God, and against themselves, but against their families, and the interest of them: to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to
leave you none to remain;
not that they did this great evil or committed idolatry with this intention, to ruin their families and posterity; but so it was eventually; hereby they provoked the Lord to anger, to cut off the men that offered incense to idols; and the women their wives, whom they allowed so to do; and their children, who were brought up in the same practices; so that they would have none to succeed them, to bear their name, and inherit their land; unless God should be merciful, and not deal according to their deserts; for such was the nature of their crime, as to deserve an utter extirpation of them.

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Jeremías 44:7 In-Context

5 Pero ellos no escucharon ni prestaron atención; no se arrepintieron de sus maldades, sino que siguieron ofreciendo incienso a otros dioses.
6 Por eso se derramó mi ira contra las ciudades de Judá; por eso se encendió mi furor contra las calles de Jerusalén, las cuales se convirtieron en desolación hasta el día de hoy”.
7 »Y ahora, así dice el SEÑOR, el Dios Todopoderoso, el Dios de Israel: “¿Por qué se provocan ustedes mismos un mal tan grande? ¿Por qué provocan la muerte de la gente de Judá, de hombres, mujeres, niños y recién nacidos, hasta acabar con todos?
8 Me agravian con las obras de sus manos, al ofrecer incienso a otros dioses en el país de Egipto, donde han ido a vivir. Lo único que están logrando es ganarse su propia destrucción, y convertirse en maldición y oprobio entre todas las naciones de la tierra.
9 ¿Acaso ya se han olvidado de todas las maldades que cometieron sus antepasados, de las que cometieron los reyes de Judá y sus esposas, y de las que ustedes y sus esposas cometieron en Judá y en las calles de Jerusalén?
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