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Jeremias 44:24-30

Listen to Jeremias 44:24-30
24 Disse então Jeremias a todo o povo, inclusive às mulheres: “Ouçam a palavra do SENHOR, todos vocês, judeus que estão no Egito.
25 Assim diz o SENHOR dos Exércitos, Deus de Israel: ‘Vocês e suas mulheres cumpriram o que prometeram quando disseram: “Certamente cumpriremos os votos que fizemos de queimar incenso e derramar ofertas de bebidas à Rainha dos Céus”.’“Prossigam! Façam o que prometeram! Cumpram os seus votos!
26 Mas ouçam a palavra do SENHOR, todos vocês, judeus que vivem no Egito: ‘Eu juro pelo meu grande nome’, diz o SENHOR, ‘que em todo o Egito ninguém de Judá voltará a invocar o meu nome ou a jurar pela vida do Soberano, o SENHOR.
27 Vigiarei sobre eles para trazer-lhes a desgraça e não o bem; os judeus do Egito perecerão pela espada e pela fome até que sejam todos destruídos.
28 Serão poucos os que escaparão da espada e voltarão do Egito para a terra de Judá. Então, todo o remanescente de Judá que veio residir no Egito saberá qual é a palavra que se realiza, a minha ou a deles.
29 “ ‘Este será o sinal para vocês de que os castigarei neste lugar’, declara o SENHOR, ‘e então vocês ficarão sabendo que as minhas ameaças de trazer-lhes desgraça certamente se realizarão’.
30 Assim diz o SENHOR: ‘Entregarei o faraó Hofra, rei do Egito, nas mãos dos seus inimigos que desejam tirar-lhe a vida, assim como entreguei Zedequias, rei de Judá, nas mãos de Nabucodonosor, rei da Babilônia, o inimigo que desejava tirar a vida dele’.”

Jeremias 44:24-30 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 44

This chapter contains a sermon of Jeremiah's to the Jews in Egypt, reproving them for their idolatry there; their answer to it, expressing their resolution to continue in their idolatrous practices; and a denunciation of judgments upon them, of which a sign is given. The sermon begins with observing to them the destruction of Jerusalem, and the causes of it, idolatry and contempt of the prophets, Jer 44:1-6; then follows an expostulation with the present Jews for doing the same things, and exposing themselves and their posterity to the same punishment, Jer 44:7-10; upon which they are threatened with the sore judgments of God that should come upon them, and cut them off in general, Jer 44:11-14; yet such were the impudence and obstinacy of this people, that they declared they would not hearken to the prophet, but persist in their idolatry; it having been better with them when they practised it than when they left it, Jer 44:15-19; to which the prophet replies by observing, that for the idolatry of their fathers their land was become a desolation and a curse, as at this day, Jer 44:20-23; and assures them that destruction would come from the Lord upon them, which he had swore to, Jer 44:24-28; and a sign of it is given; the delivery of the king of Egypt into the hand of the king of Babylon, Jer 44:29,30.

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