Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 44:12
And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, [and] fall in the land of Egypt; they shall [even] be consumed by the sword [and] by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, [and] an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
12. Cp. Jer 42:18.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
This is no more than the prophet had told these very persons before they went unto Egypt, Jer 42:16,17; here he doubleth his words for the confirmation of the truth of them to them now that they were there.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And I will take the remnant of Judah,…. Such as remained of that tribe in the land of Judea after the captivity: and not all of them, but such
that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there: who were bent upon going thither, notwithstanding all the remonstrances made to them to the contrary; and were gone thither, and were now actually sojourners there: this describes such persons who wilfully, and of their own accord, went thither; and excepts those who were over-persuaded or over-powered to go along with them:
and they shall all be consumed, [and] fall in the land of Egypt; not by natural death, one after another; but by the judgments of God, as follows:
they shall [even] be consumed by the sword [and] by the famine; by the sword of the king of Babylon; and by famine, occasioned by a foreign army and sieges:
they shall die; from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine; which is repeated for the confirmation of it, and to express the universality of the destruction; that it should reach to persons of every age, state and condition, rank and degree, young and old, high and low, rich and poor:
and they shall be an execration, [and] an astonishment, and a curse,
and a reproach; [See comments on Jer 42:18].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
And first, indeed, the Prophet briefly shews that all those would perish who had yet falsely imagined that they could not otherwise be safe than by fleeing into Egypt. Then Jeremiah here reproves and condemns their false and vain confidence. And then he explains the manner when he says, I will take away all the remnant of Judah, who have set their face to come to Egypt, etc. By these words and the following, God intimates that the Jews had in vain sought hiding-places in Egypt, because there he would inflict on them the punishment which they had deserved. He names the sword and the famine; the third kind he omits here, but he will mention it presently. Then he says that they were to perish, partly by the sword and partly by famine, and in order to speak more emphatically, he uses different words, They shall be consumed by famine, they shall fall by the sword, they shall all be consumed, and then he says, from the least to the greatest.
At length he adds, And they shall be a curse. We have said elsewhere that the word אלה, ale, sometimes means a curse, though it properly signifies an oath; and the reason is, because men in swearing often introduce a curse, “Let God curse me,” — “Let me perish.” Then he says, that the Jews would become an example of a curse; for in making an oath this would be the common form, “Let God destroy me as he destroyed the Jews.” He afterwards adds, an astonishment, because all would be horrified at the very sight of their calamity. It follows in the last place, a curse and a reproach, of which we have spoken before. Let us now proceed, —
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
12. They shall all be consumed The original is emphatic by repetition. The exact translation is:
They shall all be consumed,
In the land of Egypt they shall fall,
By sword and famine shall they be consumed;
Small and great, by sword and famine shall they die.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Jer 44:12 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, [and] fall in the land of Egypt; they shall [even] be consumed by the sword [and] by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, [and] an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
Ver. 12. That have set their faces. ] I also will set my face against such, Jer 44:11 and they shall all be consumed and fall. Oh what work hath sin made in the world!
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
I will take: Jer 42:15-18, Jer 42:22
from the: Hos 4:6
and they shall be: Jer 44:8, Jer 29:22, Isa 65:15
Reciprocal: Lev 26:38 – General Deu 28:68 – bring thee into Egypt Psa 89:41 – he is Jer 16:4 – consumed Jer 24:9 – to be a Jer 41:10 – even Jer 42:16 – there ye Jer 42:18 – ye shall be Jer 44:7 – to leave Jer 44:22 – your land Jer 44:27 – shall be Lam 5:6 – to the Egyptians Eze 5:10 – the whole Eze 11:8 – General Eze 33:27 – surely Zec 8:13 – a curse Heb 8:11 – from
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 44:12. The sum of the terrible things threatened in this verse is the most total extinction of the ones who sought residence in Egypt. They were to be consumed by the threefold curse previously mentioned, that of the sword, famine and pestilence. An execration means something considered worthy of being cursed.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
44:12 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that {e} have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, [and] fall in the land of Egypt; they shall [even] be consumed by the sword [and] by the famine: they shall die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, [and] an horror, and a {f} curse, and a reproach.
(e) Which have fully set their minds and are gone there on purpose. By which he excepts the innocents as Jeremiah and Baruch that were forces: therefore the Lord shows that he will set his face against them: that is, purposely destroy them.
(f) Read Jer 26:6; Jer 41:18 .