Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 44:21
The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it [not] into his mind?
21. The incense ] See on Jer 44:3; also on Jer 6:20.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Them – The various acts of idolatry involved in burning incense to an image.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
21. The incense . . . did not theLord rememberJeremiah owns that they did as they said, but inretort asks, did not God repay their own evil-doing? Their very landin its present desolation attests this (Jer44:22), as was foretold (Jer 25:11;Jer 25:18; Jer 25:38).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
That incense that ye burnt in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem,…. To false gods, to the queen of heaven, to the host thereof:
ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land; on which account they pleaded antiquity, authority, and the general consent of the people, as on their side, which the prophet allows; but it all signified nothing:
did not the Lord remember them, and came it [not] into his mind? either the incense they offered up to strange gods, or the persons that did it? did he take no notice of these idolatrous practices, and of these idolaters? he did; he laid up these things in his mind; he showed a proper resentment of them, and in due time punished for them.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
The incense, he says, which ye have burnt in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, ye and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the whole people of the land, has not Jehovah remembered them? Whence, he says, has this dreadful calamity proceeded, which has destroyed all your race? Even from the wrath of God, for it has not happened to you by chance, for God had by his servants predicted what afterwards has been really fulfilled. It then follows, that your city has been destroyed through the righteous judgment of God. And what has been the cause of so great and so grievous a vengeance? Even your incense.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
JEREMIAH MAINTAINS THAT IDOLATRY WAS THE REAL CAUSE OF THE PEOPLE’S MISERY, Jer 44:21-23.
21. Incense that ye burned did not the Lord remember Certainly he did: and because it was in his mind, it incited his just displeasure.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Jer 44:21 The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it [not] into his mind?
Ver. 21. Ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes. ] This was another thing they stood much upon, that their fathers had done it: so had their grandees. If men can say, “We have sinned with our fathers,” they think it is enough. The heretic Dioscurus cried out, I hold with the fathers, I am cast out with the fathers, &c. Yea, Jerome once desired leave of Augustine to err with seven fathers whom he found of his opinion. But what saith the Scripture? “Be not ye the servants of men.” 1Co 7:23 And what said a great politician? I will not live by example, but by rule; neither will I pin my faith on another’s sleeve, because I know not whither he may carry it.
Did not the Lord remember them?
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
them: i.e. your fathers.
it: i.e. the incense.
into His mind = upon His heart. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. .
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
and in: Jer 44:9, Jer 44:17, Jer 11:13, Eze 16:24
did: Jer 14:10, 1Sa 15:3, 1Ki 17:18, Psa 79:8, Isa 64:9, Eze 21:23, Eze 21:24, Hos 7:2, Amo 8:7, Rev 16:19, Rev 18:5
Reciprocal: 1Ki 22:38 – and the dogs 2Ch 29:6 – For our fathers Jer 44:23 – ye have burned Lam 1:5 – for Eze 2:3 – rebelled Eze 15:6 – General
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 44:21. Did not the Lord, remember them signified that God was aware of all the corrupt practices of the people of Judah and would not forget it. He declared (Exo 20:5) that he was a jealous God. and when his people disrespected him by burning incense to false gods his wrath was kindled against them.