{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/cmt/wesley/jer044.htm","path":"bib/cmt/wesley/jer044.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/wesley/jer044.htm","text":"Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley, [1754-65]\n \nJeremiah 44:1\n \njer 44:1\nAt Migdol - It seems the Jews that went into Egypt had planted themselves at these four places. Migdol was a city upon the borders of the Red Sea. Noph was a city, which the Greeks and Latines called Memphis; it is thought to be that, which is now called Cairo. Pathros was the province, since called Thebais. \nJeremiah 44:14\n \njer 44:14\nFor none - Only such shall escape, as have been forced into Egypt against their wills; and as did not fall in with the idolatry of the Egyptians. \nJeremiah 44:15\n \njer 44:15\nAll the men - It should seem those that did it were mostly women, and that they did it with some privacy, so that all their husbands did not know of it. \nJeremiah 44:26\n \njer 44:26\nThe Lord liveth - There shall not any be left alive of the Jews that are in Egypt, to swear The Lord God liveth. \nJeremiah 44:29\n \njer 44:29\nThis shall be a sign - Signs are usually antecedent to the thing signified, but the word is taken in a larger notion in this place for that which should attend the thing signified by it.","title":"Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible: Jeremiah: Jeremiah Chapter 44","type":"page"}