Albert Barnes Commentary Jeremiah 44:22

"so that Jehovah could not longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land become a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day." — Jeremiah 44:22 (ASV)

Could no longer bear - The prophet corrects in these words the error of their argument in (Jeremiah 44:17). God is long-suffering, and therefore punishment follows slowly upon sin.