Jeremías 44:9

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?

Jeremías 44:9 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 44:9

Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers
And what judgments it brought upon them; meaning not their more remote ancestors in the wilderness, and the idolatry they committed, and the punishment inflicted upon them for it; but more near, such who lived a little before the destruction of Jerusalem, and whose sins had brought on that; and therefore could not be easily forgotten by them; or, if they were forgotten, it argued great stupidity: and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their
wives;
by whom they were drawn into idolatry, particularly Solomon; and it is in the original text, "the wickedness of his wives" ^F26; and Dr. Lightfoot thinks respect is had to Solomon's wives; but it may be understood distributively of everyone of their wives, as Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret it ^F1: and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which you
have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
where they had built altars, and worshipped strange gods, they, and their wives, as well as those who were carried captive; and which were the cause of all those evils that came upon them; these, being recent things, could not be forgotten by them; or however should have been remembered, and that so as to have deterred them from going into such practices again, as they now did in Egypt.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 (wyvn twer) "mala mulierum ejus", Schmidt; "et mala foeminarum ejus", Cocceius; "uxorum ejus", V. L. Montanus.
F1 "Et mala uxorum cujusque illorum", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Jeremías 44:9 In-Context

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?

10 Sin embargo, hasta el día de hoy no se han humillado ni han sentido temor; no se han comportado según mi ley y mis preceptos, que les di a ustedes y a sus antepasados”.

11 »Por eso, así dice el SEÑOR Todopoderoso, el Dios de Israel: “He decidido ponerme en contra de ustedes, para su mal, y destruir a todo Judá.