20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him,
20 Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying,
20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, men and women, all the people who had given him this answer:
20 Then Jeremiah spoke up, confronting the men and the women, all the people who had answered so insolently. He said,
20 Then Jeremiah spoke to all the people--the men, the women, and all the people who had given him that answer--saying:
20 Then Jeremiah said to all of them, men and women alike, who had given him that answer,
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 44:20
Commentary on Jeremiah 44:20-30
(Read Jeremiah 44:20-30)
Whatever evil comes upon us, it is because we have sinned against the Lord; we should therefore stand in awe, and sin not. Since they were determined to persist in their idolatry, God would go on to punish them. What little remains of religion were among them, would be lost. The creature-comforts and confidences from which we promise ourselves most, may fail as soon as those from which we promise ourselves least; and all are what God makes them, not what we fancy them to be. Well-grounded hopes of our having a part in the Divine mercy, are always united with repentance and obedience.