Jeremiah 44:9

“Have you forgotten the evils of your fathers and the evils of the kings of Judah and the evils of his wives, and your evils and the evils of your wives, that they did in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?”

Jeremiah 44:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 44:9, word by word

Have you forgottenשְׁכַחְתֶּםshechachtem

forget

Forget.

Where else “shechachtem” appears
the evilsרָעוֹתraot

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

Where else “raot” appears
of your fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote

forefather

Ancestors, those who came before in the family.

Where else “avote” appears
of the kingsמַלְכֵיmalche

king

A king who rules a people.

Where else “malche” appears
of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda

Judah

Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.

Where else “yehuda” appears
of his wivesנָשָׁיnashay

wife

Literally "his woman": the one married to him.

Where else “nashay” appears
they didעָשׂוּasu

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “asu” appears
in the landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “erets” appears
and in the streetsחֻצוֹתchutsot

street

The ways and squares between the houses, where people go about.

Where else “chutsot” appears
of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim

Jerusalem

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Places in this verse

Jerusalem
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • Jerusalem

    Today: Old City of Jerusalem

    A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.

    David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).

    2 Samuel 5:61 Kings 8:1Luke 2:22Acts 1:8

The context

8provoking me to anger with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have come to reside as aliens there, so that you cut yourselves off and so that you become a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

9 · This verse (above)

10They have not humbled themselves to this day, and they have not feared, and they have not walked in my instruction and in my statutes that I set before you and before your fathers.

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