44:11-14
They thought that they could escape disaster by going to Egypt, but this was an illusion. Their fundamental problem was there rebellion against God. They were under judgement from God because of this and there was no escape, certainly not by fleeing to Egypt. The only way out was to repent. So those who had fled to Egypt would suffer the same fate as those in Jerusalem. Only a remnant of a remnant would ever return to Judah.
44:15-19
We then get yet more evidence of the total depravity of man, of the depths to which we are steeped in sin. Having earlier asked Jeremiah to seek a word form God, and promising to follow the word, regardless of what it said, they now utterly refuse to listen to him. More than that, they start to glory in offering incense to the Queen of Heaven, and making other offerings to idols. They also admit that their fellow Israelites had done the same in Judah and Jerusalem. They glory in sin and rebellion, much the same as our own society is doing. And they now claim that their troubles were a result of stopping making offerings to false gods. Sin is so utterly deceptive and corrupting. The women seem to be blaming the men, or saying that the men did not object when the women made cakes of the Queen of Heaven, so the women should not be blamed.
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