| Verse | Translation | Text |
| Jer 44:8 | Strong Concordance | In that ye provoke me unto wrath [03707] with the works [04639] of your hands [03027], burning incense [06999] unto other [0312] gods [0430] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], whither ye be gone [0935] to dwell [01481], that ye might cut yourselves off [03772], and that ye might be a curse [07045] and a reproach [02781] among all the nations [01471] of the earth [0776]? |
| King James | In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? |
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| in . . . Egypt--where they polluted themselves to ingratiate themselves with the Egyptians. ye be gone--not compelled by fear, but of your own accord, when I forbade you, and when it was free to you to stay in Judea. that ye might cut yourselves off--They, as it were, purposely courted their own ruin. |