Jeremiah 44:15Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, even all the people who lived in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
The setting
Pathros, Egypt, ~586 BC. A massive public assembly of Jewish refugees — men, women, entire families — unite against Jeremiah in what is now southern Egypt...
The original word
qahal (קָהָל) — formal assembly, this was an organized religious court trial
Why it matters
Pathros had both Jewish men married to Egyptian women and Jewish women married to Egyptian men
Read with care
What most readers miss in Jeremiah 44:15
The phrase 'who knew that their wives burned incense' implies the husbands were complicit — this wasn't secret worship
Common misconceptionPeople think Jeremiah faced individual opponents, but this was a massive, organized community rejection — sometimes the hardest opposition comes from groups, not individuals.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Jeremiah 44:15
Bible Genome reading
Jeremiah 44:15 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Jeremiah 44:15 comes from the book of Jeremiah, written during the Exile period. These words are attributed to narrator. The dominant emotion in this verse is angry, with a comfort power of 10% and a tone that is urgent. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include idolatry, rebellion, confrontation. Notable phrases: great assembly; burned incense to other gods.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same angry
“Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'”
— Joel 3:10
“You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!”
— Matthew 23:24
“Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husba…”
— Amos 4:1
“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.”
— Amos 5:21
“Your eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”
— Deuteronomy 19:21
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