Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Again and again I sent my servants the prophets, who said, ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate!’ New Living Translation “Again and again I sent my servants, the prophets, to plead with them, ‘Don’t do these horrible things that I hate so much.’ English Standard Version Yet I persistently sent to you all my servants the prophets, saying, ‘Oh, do not do this abomination that I hate!’ Berean Standard Bible Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’ King James Bible Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate. New King James Version However I have sent to you all My servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, “Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate!” New American Standard Bible Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying, “Oh, do not do this abominable thing which I hate.” NASB 1995 ‘Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets, again and again, saying, “Oh, do not do this abominable thing which I hate.” NASB 1977 ‘Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets, again and again, saying, “Oh, do not do this abominable thing which I hate.” Legacy Standard Bible Yet I sent you all My slaves the prophets, rising up early and sending, saying, “Oh, do not do this abominable thing which I hate.” Amplified Bible Yet I sent to you all My servants the prophets, again and again, saying, “Oh, do not do this shamefully vile thing which I hate.” Christian Standard Bible So I sent you all my servants the prophets time and time again, saying, ‘Don’t commit this detestable action that I hate.’ Holman Christian Standard Bible So I sent you all My servants the prophets time and time again, saying: Don’t do this detestable thing that I hate. American Standard Version Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate. Contemporary English Version Time after time I sent my servants the prophets to tell the people of Judah how much I hated their disgusting sins. The prophets warned them to stop sinning, English Revised Version Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate. GOD'S WORD® Translation I have sent my servants the prophets to you again and again to tell you not to do these detestable things that I hate. Good News Translation I kept sending you my servants the prophets, who told you not to do this terrible thing that I hate. International Standard Version Yet I sent all my servants the prophets to you again and again, saying, "Don't do this repulsive thing that I hate." Majority Standard Bible Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’ NET Bible I sent my servants the prophets to you people over and over again warning you not to do this disgusting thing I hate. New Heart English Bible However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, 'Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate.' Webster's Bible Translation Yet I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate. World English Bible However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, “Oh, don’t do this abominable thing that I hate.” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd I send to you all My servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying, Please do not do this abomination that I have hated— Young's Literal Translation 'And I send unto you all my servants, the prophets, rising early and sending, saying: I pray you, do not this abomination that I have hated -- Smith's Literal Translation And I will send to you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying, Now ye shall not do this abomination which I hated. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising early, and sending, and saying: Do not commit this abominable thing, which I hate. Catholic Public Domain Version And I sent to you all my servants, the prophets, rising in the night, and sending, and saying: ‘Do not choose to do this abominable word, which I hate.’ New American Bible Though I repeatedly sent you all my servants the prophets, saying: “You must not commit this abominable deed I hate,” New Revised Standard Version Yet I persistently sent to you all my servants the prophets, saying, “I beg you not to do this abominable thing that I hate!” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd I sent to them all my servants the prophets, in advance, saying. Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And I sent to them all my Servants the Prophets. I went early and I sent and I said, ‘You shall not practice this defilement that I hate!’ OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Howbeit I sent unto you all My servants the prophets, sending them betimes and often, saying: Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate. Brenton Septuagint Translation yet I sent to you my servants the prophets early in the morning, and I sent, saying, Do not ye this abominable thing which I hate. Audio Bible Context Judgment on the Jews in Egypt…3because of the evil they have done. They provoked Me to anger by continuing to burn incense and to serve other gods that neither they nor you nor your fathers ever knew. 4Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’ 5But they did not listen or incline their ears; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop burning incense to other gods.… Cross References Jeremiah 7:25-26 From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again. / Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers. 2 Chronicles 36:15-16 Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. Nehemiah 9:26 But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies. Isaiah 65:2-3 All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations, / to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick, Ezekiel 3:7 But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted. Zechariah 1:4 Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD. Matthew 23:34-37 Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town. / And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. / Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation. ... Acts 7:51-52 You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. / Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers— 2 Kings 17:13-14 Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.” / But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God. Hosea 11:2 But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images. Amos 2:11-12 I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. / “But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy. Luke 11:47-51 Woe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them. / So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs. / Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’ ... 2 Chronicles 24:19 Nevertheless, the LORD sent prophets to bring the people back to Him and to testify against them, but they would not listen. Jeremiah 25:4-5 And the LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear. / The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever. Jeremiah 35:15 Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me. Treasury of Scripture However, I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate. I sent Jeremiah 7:13,25 And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not; … Jeremiah 25:3,4 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened… Jeremiah 26:5 To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened; this Jeremiah 16:18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things. Ezekiel 8:10 So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about. Ezekiel 16:36,47 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them; … Jump to Previous Abominable Abomination Betimes Detestable Disgusting Early Getting Hate Hated Howbeit However Often Persistently Prophets Rising Sending ServantsJump to Next Abominable Abomination Betimes Detestable Disgusting Early Getting Hate Hated Howbeit However Often Persistently Prophets Rising Sending ServantsJeremiah 44 1. Jeremiah expresses the desolation of Judah for their idolatry11. He prophesies the destruction of those who commit idolatry in Egypt 15. The obstinacy of the Jews 20. For which Jeremiah threatens them 29. and for a sign prophesies the destruction of Egypt Yet I sent you This phrase underscores God's persistent and proactive engagement with His people. The Hebrew root for "sent" is שָׁלַח (shalach), which conveys the idea of dispatching or commissioning with authority. Historically, this reflects God's continuous efforts to reach out to Israel through His messengers, demonstrating His patience and desire for their repentance. It is a reminder of God's relentless pursuit of His people, even when they stray. all My servants the prophets again and again saying, ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’ Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Yet I sentוָאֶשְׁלַ֤ח (wā·’eš·laḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out you אֲלֵיכֶם֙ (’ă·lê·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every My servants עֲבָדַ֣י (‘ă·ḇā·ḏay) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 5650: Slave, servant the prophets הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים (han·nə·ḇî·’îm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet again and again, הַשְׁכֵּ֥ים (haš·kêm) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute Strong's 7925: To load up, to start early in the morning saying: לֵאמֹ֑ר (lê·mōr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 559: To utter, say ‘Do not אַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not do תַעֲשׂ֗וּ (ṯa·‘ă·śū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 6213: To do, make this הַזֹּ֖את (haz·zōṯ) Article | Pronoun - feminine singular Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, detestable הַתֹּעֵבָ֥ה (hat·tō·‘ê·ḇāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8441: Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol thing דְּבַֽר־ (də·ḇar-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause that אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that I hate.’ שָׂנֵֽאתִי׃ (śā·nê·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 8130: To hate Links Jeremiah 44:4 NIVJeremiah 44:4 NLT Jeremiah 44:4 ESV Jeremiah 44:4 NASB Jeremiah 44:4 KJV Jeremiah 44:4 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 44:4 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 44:4 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 44:4 French Bible Jeremiah 44:4 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 44:4 However I sent to you all my (Jer.) |
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