Jeremiah - 44:16



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

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Explanation and meaning of Jeremiah 44:16.

Differing Translations

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As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.
The word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we are not hearkening unto thee;
As for the word which you have said to us in the name of the Lord, we will not give ear to you.
"Concerning the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not heed you.
In sermone (subaudiendum est in, vel, quoad sermonem) quem locutus es ad nos in nomine Jehovae, nos audivimus to.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

[As for] the word that thou hast spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will (h) not hearken to thee.
(h) This declares how dangerous a thing it is to decline once from God and to follow our own fantasies: for Satan ever solicits such and does not leave them till he has brought them to extreme impudency and madness, even to justify their wickedness against God and his prophets.

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.

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