Jeremiah 44:18
“But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven,.... Or were restrained from it, as the Targum, through the…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The suppression of this popular idolatry had apparently been regarded with much ill-will in Josiah’s time, and many may…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Jeremiah 44:15-19
We have here the people's obstinate refusal to submit to the power of the word of God in the mouth of Jeremiah. We have…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
See introd. note on Jer 7:16-20. The v. alludes to the misfortunes reaching from Josiah's death at Megiddo to the flight…
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