Jeremiah

Jeremiah 44:8

⁸Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside?

As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.

Read all of Jeremiah 44

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
provoking Me to anger	לְהַכְעִסֵ֙נִי֙	lə·haḵ·‘i·sê·nî	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct; first person common singular	H3707 be vexed, angry
by the work	בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣י	bə·ma·‘ă·śê	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct	H4639 deed, work
of your hands	יְדֵיכֶ֔ם	yə·ḏê·ḵem	Noun - feminine dual construct; second person masculine plural	H3027 hand
by burning incense	לְקַטֵּ֞ר	lə·qaṭ·ṭêr	Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H6999 make sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoke
to other	אֲחֵרִים֙	’ă·ḥê·rîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H312 another
gods	לֵאלֹהִ֤ים	lê·lō·hîm	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
in the land	בְּאֶ֣רֶץ	bə·’e·reṣ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
of Egypt	מִצְרַ֔יִם	miṣ·ra·yim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4714 Egypt, Egyptians
where	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
you	אַתֶּ֥ם	’at·tem	Pronoun - second person masculine plural	H859 thou
have gone	בָּאִ֖ים	bā·’îm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to reside	לָג֣וּר	lā·ḡūr	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H1481 sojourn
As a result	לְמַ֙עַן֙	lə·ma·‘an	Conjunction	H4616 purpose, intent
you will be cut off	הַכְרִ֣ית	haḵ·rîṯ	Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H3772 cut off, cut down
and	וּלְמַ֤עַן	ū·lə·ma·‘an	Conjunction	H4616 purpose, intent
will become	הֱיֽוֹתְכֶם֙	hĕ·yō·wṯ·ḵem	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; second person masculine plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
an object of cursing	לִקְלָלָ֣ה	liq·lā·lāh	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H7045 curse
and reproach	וּלְחֶרְפָּ֔ה	ū·lə·ḥer·pāh	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H2781 reproach
among all	בְּכֹ֖ל	bə·ḵōl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the nations	גּוֹיֵ֥י	gō·w·yê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1471 nation, people
of the earth	הָאָֽרֶץ׃	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Jeremiah 42:18 · Jeremiah 44:3 · Jeremiah 25:6–7 · 2 Chronicles 7:20 · 1 Corinthians 10:21–22 · 2 Kings 17:15–17 · 1 Kings 9:7–8 · Jeremiah 18:16 · Deuteronomy 32:16–17 · Hebrews 3:16 · Jeremiah 29:18 · Jeremiah 26:6

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.