Reference

Jeremiah 44:7

Therefore now thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;
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But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

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Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.

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Therefore now thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;

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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?

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Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?

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Annihilation / Destruction

The verse describes the *consequence* of the people's actions as leading to their destruction, rather than directly stating God's active destruction of them in this specific phrase.

Destruction / Perishing Language

The verse does not explicitly state that the "cutting off" is a direct act of God as a punishment, but rather describes the people's own actions as "committing this great evil against your souls" which will lead to their own destruction.

Literal Fulfillment

While the verse speaks of a concrete outcome ("cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling"), the "great evil" being committed is a moral and spiritual transgression, not a literal act of physical cutting off, which suggests a metaphorical interpretation of the consequences.

Prophetic Methods of Communication

The verse describes God speaking through a prophet, but it does not detail the *method* by which God communicated to Jeremiah. It simply presents the message itself, not the process of its reception.

Annihilation / Destruction
Annihilation / Destruction

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