Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 44:26
Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth.
26. my name shall no more be named ] The Jews in Egypt shall be exterminated.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
26 28. As these vv. stand, there is, if we take them literally, a considerable amount of contradiction (cp. Jer 44:14). The Egyptian Jews are ( Jer 44:26) to perish completely; but ( Jer 44:27) some are to escape into Judah, while survivors in Egypt ( Jer 44:28) shall know whose word shall stand. Du., Erbt and Co. consider that Jer 44:26 was originally a continuation of the irony of Jer 44:25 (“establish then, etc.”) and that it should accordingly read, “ let my name be no more, etc.” (i.e. let my worship and with it all oaths taken in my name cease), while Jer 44:27 and the first part of Jer 44:28 are a subsequent addition, the second part of the latter remaining as genuine. At any rate we find from the Assuan papyri (see Introd. p. xix.) that the gloomy anticipations of the MT. were not in fact fulfilled; for the Egyptian Jews in the century following were a flourishing community and were worshippers of Jehovah and not idolaters.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Seeing you are so fixed and peremptory, God is as resolved as you are; and as you think you must be religious to your wicked vows, so be assured God will be as religious to his oath; because he can swear by no greater, he hath sworn by himself, Heb 6:13,17, (for so name signifieth here,) There shall not any be left of the Jews that are in Egypt, to swear,
The Lord God liveth (for it should seem that the Jews yet retained something of the religion of their country, and sware by the name of the living God, according to the precept, Deu 6:13; 10:20). God threateneth there should be none of them left alive to do it; he would not have his holy name polluted by those mouths that had been used to bless idols.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
26. I have swornI, toohave made a vow which I will fulfil. Since ye will not hear Mespeaking and warning, hear Me swearing.
by my great namethatis, by Myself (Ge 22:16), thegreatest by whom God can swear (Heb 6:13;Heb 6:14).
my name shall no more benamedThe Jews, heretofore, amidst all their idolatry, hadretained the form of appeal to the name of God and the law, thedistinctive glory of their nation; God will allow this no more (Eze20:39): there shall be none left there to profane His name thusany more.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt,…. [See comments on Jer 44:24]; since you have made your vows, and will perform them, I will take an oath, and abide by it:
behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the Lord; by his name Jehovah, which is incommunicable, and expressive of his eternity and immutability; or by himself, his name being himself, and than which he can swear by no greater, Heb 6:13;
that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, the Lord God liveth: this cannot be understood of the name of the Lord being called upon them, or of their being called by his name, and reckoned his people, which is the sense of Abarbinel; since this respects not a name by which they should be named, but which they should name; and intends their use of the divine name in an oath, of which this is a form, “the Lord God liveth”: or as sure as the Lord lives, or by the living God, it is so and so; and especially as used in their vows to burn incense to the queen of heaven, they vowing by the living God that they would do so, which must be very abominable to him; and therefore he solemnly swears there should not be a Jew in all Egypt that should use it; the reason is, because everyone of them that did should be cut off, as follows:
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Hear ye now, he says, the word of Jehovah, etc. By these words, as I have already hinted, he intimates, that they could gain nothing by their insolence, except that they would thereby provoke God, who on the other hand did set up his own power against them. Thus, then, saith Jehovah, Behold, I have sworn by my great name, etc. As they had so often disregarded God speaking to them, he confirmed by an oath what he was going to say. Had he only threatened, they might have as usual disregarded him, as though the Prophet spoke what was vain. This is the reason why he now introduces God as making an oath. And it ought to be observed, that whenever God confirms his words by an oath, this he does, either because he sees that he has to do with men who are like stones, who cannot be made to feel by simple truth; or when he is pleased to give aid to our infirmity and sloth: for God confirms threatenings as well as promises by an oath. When he thus confirms threatenings, then he indirectly condemns the obstinate wickedness of those whom he addresses. But when he promises anything by an oath, he shews how great our propensity is to indulge doubts, and what weakness there is in our faith; for were such faith in us as ought to be, we should be contented with one little word. As, then, God interposes his own name as a pledge, it hence appears, that we are naturally unbelieving, or that the weakness of our faith is such that it wants this support. But here, as God threatens, he shews that the Jews were so obstinate in their wickedness, that it was necessary to shake them by terror.
Now, God makes an oath by his own great name Men, as the Apostle says, swear by God, (Heb 6:16😉 because he is called as a witness and a judge when his name is interposed. But it is no superfluous addition, when God not only swears by himself, but by his own great name For he thus intimated, that the Jews were greatly deceived, if they thought that God would not execute vengeance on them, because they indulged themselves. For it is a common thing with hypocrites to measure God by their own judgment; and when they extenuate his power, they think of him as of a child. In order, then, to divest the Jews of this false imagination, he says, by his own great name There is, then, implied here a contrast between the greatness of God’s name, which cannot be diminished at the will of man, and the presumption of the ancient people, who rendered God’s name contemptible.
He afterwards adds, If my name, etc. It is an imperfect sentence, which, as we have often said, was frequently used in order that a greater reverence may be observed by us, when we swear by God’s name. We must now come to what is said, There shall not be a Jew, who is to swear any more in my name God himself makes an oath, and what is the oath which he makes? that no one was to profane his name; for they thought that it was some evidence of religion when they swore by Jehovah. It was yet nothing but an awful profanation of God’s name. They contaminated themselves, as it appears, with Egyptian superstitions; but that they might differ from the Egyptians themselves and possess something special, that they, in short, might seem to be a holy nation, they still retained a form of swearing, distinct from what was common among the Gentiles. God declares that he would not suffer his name to be any more irreverently used in Egypt. Not invoked, he says, shall be my name any more by the mouth of a Jew And that he speaks of oaths we gather from the next verse, when he says, Live doth Jehovah in all the land of Egypt For, as it has been said, the Jews as yet boasted that they kept the Law, because God’s name was still in their mouth and on their tongue. But God says that it was to be taken away from them, because it was a disgraceful pollution of his name, when they mingled themselves with the Egyptians in all kinds of superstitions, and yet boasted that they were God’s people. It follows, —
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
26. My name shall no more be named As this is Jehovah’s final sentence it is introduced by a formal oath. Jehovah repudiates his covenant relation to them. They are no longer his people, and he is no longer their God.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Jer 44:26. That my name shall no more be named, &c. The Jews seem to have joined the worship of the true God with that of idols, as the Samaritans had done before them. Hence God declares, that he will not receive any such polluted worship at their hands, nor suffer his name to be any longer profaned by such hypocrites; but will consume them by a sudden and general destruction, or deliver them up to impenitence and utter apostacy. See Lowth and Calmet.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Jer 44:26 Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth.
Ver. 26. Behold, I have sworn by my great name. ] Jehovah, my incommunicable name, my proper name, or by myself, and that is no small oath.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
I have sworn, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Gen 22:16).
The Lord GOD. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. App-4.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
I have sworn: Jer 46:18, Gen 22:16, Num 14:21-23, Num 14:28, Deu 32:40-42, Psa 89:34, Isa 62:8, Amo 6:8, Amo 8:7, Heb 3:18, Heb 6:13, Heb 6:18
that my name: Psa 50:16, Eze 20:39, Amo 6:10
The Lord God: Jer 4:2, Jer 5:2, Jer 7:9, Isa 48:1, Isa 48:2, Zep 1:4, Zep 1:5
Reciprocal: Isa 14:24 – Lord Jer 44:24 – all Judah Jer 44:28 – shall know Jer 49:13 – I have
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 44:26. This prediction was against the Jews who had fled to Egypt, because of their twofold transgression. First, they had sinned in fleeing to that land, and second, by taking up the idolatrous practices of the people around them. God had determined they should not be allowed to engage in professed praise to Him in that land.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
44:26 Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name {n} shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth.
(n) This declares a horrible plague toward idolaters, seeing that God will not vouchsafe to have his Name mentioned by such as have polluted it.