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Jeremiah 22:1
1The Lord said to me, ‘Go down to the palace of the king of Judah. You must say to him,
Jeremiah 22:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thus saith the Lord; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
- New International Version (NIV)This is what the Lord says: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and proclaim this message there:
- English Standard Version (ESV)Thus says the Lord: "Go down to the house of the king of Judah and speak there this word,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Thus says the Lord: “Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and there speak this word,
Context of Jeremiah 22:1
The Lord said to me, ‘Go down to the palace of the king of Judah. You must say to him, 2“King of Judah, descendant of King David, listen to this message from the Lord. Your officers and the people of your palace must listen too. 3The Lord says: You must do things that are right and fair. Punish those who rob other people. Help the people that they have hurt. Do not be cruel to foreigners who are living among you. Do not cheat them. Do not hurt or cheat widows, or children who have no family. Stop killing people who have not done anything wrong.
Read all of Jeremiah 22Jeremiah 22:1 word by word
כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה רֵ֖ד בֵּֽית־מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה וְדִבַּרְתָּ֣ שָׁ֔ם אֶת־הַדָּבָ֖ר הַזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 22:1
- Jeremiah 21:11This is the Lord's message to the king of Judah, to his family and his officers:
- Jeremiah 34:2The Lord, Israel's God, said to Jeremiah, ‘Go to Zedekiah, king of Judah, and give him this message: The Lord says, “I will put this city under the power of the king of Babylon. He will burn it down.
- 1 Samuel 15:16Samuel said to Saul, ‘Listen to me! I will tell you what the Lord said to me last night.’ Saul said, ‘Tell me.’
- 1 Samuel 24:11My father, look at what I have in my hand! It is a small piece of your coat. I cut this off the corner of your coat, but I did not kill you. So you must know that I do not want to do anything bad against you. I have not turned against you. I am not guilty of anything, but you are chasing after me so that you can kill me.
- 1 Kings 21:18He said to Elijah, ‘Go now to meet King Ahab of Israel who rules in Samaria. He is at Naboth's vineyard to take it as his own vineyard.
- 2 Chronicles 19:1King Jehoshaphat of Judah returned safely to his home in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 25:15So the Lord became angry with Amaziah. He sent a prophet to him with a message. The prophet said to Amaziah, ‘You should not worship these foreign gods! They could not even save their own people from your power!’
- 2 Chronicles 33:10The Lord warned Manasseh and his people. But they would not listen to him.
- Hosea 5:1‘Listen to this, you priests! Listen carefully, you Israelites! Listen, you people of the royal family! You are guilty and you deserve punishment. You have caused trouble for people with your trap at Mizpah. You have caught people in your net at Tabor mountain.
- Amos 7:13Do not speak God's message here in Bethel any longer. It is where our king and our nation come to worship.’
- Mark 6:18John had said to him, ‘Herodias is your brother's wife. It is not right for you to have her as your wife.’
- Luke 3:19One day John told Herod, the ruler, that it was wrong for him to marry Herodias. Before that, she had been the wife of Herod's brother. John also told Herod that he had done many other bad things.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 22:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word - This is supposed by Dahler to have been published in the first year of the reign of Zedekiah.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Go down - i. e., from the temple to the king‘s house. Compare 2 Chronicles 23:20.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Justice is recommended, and destruction threatened in case of disobedience. (Jr 22:1-9) The captivity of Jehoiakim, and the end of Jeconiah. (Jr 22:10-19) The doom of the royal family. (Jr 22:20-30) Verses 1-9 The king of Judah is spoken to, as sitting upon the throne of David, the man after God's own heart. Let him follow his example, that he may have the benefit of the promises made to him. The way to preserve a government, is to do the duty of it. But…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5Jeremiah gave a message based on the Sinai covenant. It outlined the duties of a king of Judah. If the king fulfilled these duties, the dynasty of David would continue in Jerusalem. If the king refused, the palace and kingdom would vanish.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-30Belonging to an earlier period than the twenty-first chapter, namely, the reigns of Shallum or Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, and Jeconiah (Jr 22:10, 13, 20). Jeremiah often groups his prophecies, not by chronological order, but by similarity of subjects; thus Jr 22:3 corresponds to Jr 21:12. Grotius thinks that Jeremiah here repeats to Zedekiah what he had announced to that king's predecessors formerly (namely, his brother and brother's son), of a similar bearing…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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