Jeremiah 44:16

16 “We will not listen to the message you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD!

Jeremiah 44:16 in Other Translations

16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.

16 “As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not listen to you.

16 “We will not listen to your messages from the LORD !

16 "We're having nothing to do with what you tell us is God's Message.

16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee.

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

16 "As for the word you spoke to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you!

16 "We won't listen to the message 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 remnant of Judah who have gone to live in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, to which they long to return and live; none will return except a few fugitives.”

15 Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, along with all the women who were present—a large assembly—and all the people living in Lower and Upper Egypt, said to Jeremiah,

16 “We will not listen to the message you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD!

17 We will certainly do everything we said we would: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and will pour out drink offerings to her just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and were well off and suffered no harm.

18 But ever since we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have had nothing and have been perishing by sword and famine.”

Cross References

• 1. S 1 Samuel 8:19; Job 15:25-26; Jeremiah 11:8-10
• 2. S Jeremiah 42:19