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Jeremiah 22:18-30
New International Version
Jeremiah 22:18-30
New International Version
18 Therefore this is what the Lord says about Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:
“They will not mourn(A) for him:
‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’
They will not mourn for him:
‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’
19 He will have the burial(B) of a donkey—
dragged away and thrown(C)
outside the gates of Jerusalem.”
20 “Go up to Lebanon and cry out,(D)
let your voice be heard in Bashan,(E)
cry out from Abarim,(F)
for all your allies(G) are crushed.
21 I warned you when you felt secure,(H)
but you said, ‘I will not listen!’
This has been your way from your youth;(I)
you have not obeyed(J) me.
22 The wind(K) will drive all your shepherds(L) away,
and your allies(M) will go into exile.
Then you will be ashamed and disgraced(N)
because of all your wickedness.
23 You who live in ‘Lebanon,[a](O)’
who are nestled in cedar buildings,
how you will groan when pangs come upon you,
pain(P) like that of a woman in labor!
24 “As surely as I live,” declares the Lord, “even if you, Jehoiachin[b](Q) son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring(R) on my right hand, I would still pull you off. 25 I will deliver(S) you into the hands of those who want to kill you, those you fear—Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the Babylonians.[c] 26 I will hurl(T) you and the mother(U) who gave you birth into another country, where neither of you was born, and there you both will die. 27 You will never come back to the land you long to return(V) to.”
28 Is this man Jehoiachin(W) a despised, broken pot,(X)
an object no one wants?
Why will he and his children be hurled(Y) out,
cast into a land(Z) they do not know?
29 O land,(AA) land, land,
hear the word of the Lord!
30 This is what the Lord says:
“Record this man as if childless,(AB)
a man who will not prosper(AC) in his lifetime,
for none of his offspring(AD) will prosper,
none will sit on the throne(AE) of David
or rule anymore in Judah.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 22:23 That is, the palace in Jerusalem (see 1 Kings 7:2)
- Jeremiah 22:24 Hebrew Koniah, a variant of Jehoiachin; also in verse 28
- Jeremiah 22:25 Or Chaldeans
Jeremiah 22:18-30
King James Version
Jeremiah 22:18-30
King James Version
18 Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
19 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
20 Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.
21 I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.
22 The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.
23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
24 As I live, saith the Lord, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;
25 And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
26 And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.
27 But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.
28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord.
30 Thus saith the Lord, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
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