Jeremiah 22:19

Jeremiah 22:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
• New International Version (NIV)He will have the burial of a donkey— dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)With the burial of a donkey he shall be buried, dragged and dumped beyond the gates of Jerusalem."
• New King James Version (NKJV)He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, Dragged and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

Context of Jeremiah 22:19

17‘But you always want to cheat people, so that you can get more riches for yourself. You make plans to kill people who have not done anything wrong. You hurt people in cruel ways.’ 18So the Lord says this about Josiah's son, King Jehoiakim of Judah: ‘People will not weep when he dies. They will not say, “I am very sad, my brother. I am very sad, my sister.” They will not weep and say, “What a terrible thing has happened! Our great king has died!” Instead, they will bury him like a dead donkey. They will pull his dead body to the city's gate. They will throw it on the ground outside Jerusalem.’ 20‘Go up to Lebanon and cry aloud. Shout loudly in Bashan. Cry aloud from the mountains of Moab. The nations that were your lovers have lost their power. 21When you were feeling strong and safe, I warned you that this would happen. But you said, “I refuse to listen to you.” You have been like that since you were young. You have never obeyed me.

Jeremiah 22:19 word by word

קְבוּרַ֥ת חֲמ֖וֹר יִקָּבֵ֑ר סָח֣וֹב וְהַשְׁלֵ֔ךְ מֵהָ֖לְאָה לְשַׁעֲרֵ֥י יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He shall be buriedקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912
• with the burialקְבֻרָהqebûrâh qebûrâh · tombH6900
• of an assחֲמוֹרchămôr chămôr · donkeyH2543
• drawnסָחַבsâchab · to dragH5498
• and cast forthשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
• beyondהָֽ֫לְאָהhâle'âh · furtherH1973
• the gatesשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389

Cross-references for Jeremiah 22:19

• Jeremiah 15:3I will send four kinds of punishments to hurt them. Soldiers will kill them in war. Dogs will carry away their dead bodies. Birds and wild animals will eat them and destroy them.
• Jeremiah 36:6So you must go to the temple yourself. Go on a special day when people are fasting and they have come from their towns. Read the words that you wrote on the scroll to the people, so that they can all hear them.
• 1 Kings 14:10Because of this, I will bring great trouble to Jeroboam's family. I will kill every male among his descendants in Israel, whoever they are. I will completely destroy Jeroboam's family, like someone burns a heap of rubbish!
• 1 Kings 21:23The Lord says this about Jezebel: “Dogs will eat Jezebel's dead body beside the city wall of Jezreel.”
• 2 Kings 9:35But when they went out to bury her, not much of her body was still there. They found only her skull, her feet and her hands.
• 2 Chronicles 36:6While he was king, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Judah. He took hold of King Jehoiakim. He tied bronze chains around him and he took him away to Babylon.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 22:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19With the burial of an ass - Cast out, and left unburied, or buried without any funeral solemnities, and without such lamentations as the above.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19The burial of an ass - i. e., he shall merely be dragged out of the way, and left to decay unheeded. Nothing is known of the fulfillment of this prophecy.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-19Verses 10-19 Here is a sentence of death upon two kings, the wicked sons of a very pious father. Josiah was prevented from seeing the evil to come in this world, and removed to see the good to come in the other world; therefore, weep not for him, but for his son Shallum, who is likely to live and die a wretched captive. Dying saints may be justly envied, while living sinners are justly pitied. Here also is the doom of Jehoiakim. No doubt it is lawful for…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19Jehoiakim died in shame (see study note on 2 Kings 24:6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. burial of an ass--that is, he shall have the same burial as an ass would get, namely, he shall be left a prey for beasts and birds [Jerome]. This is not formally narrated. But 2Ch 36:6 states that "Nebuchadnezzar bound him in fetters to carry him to Babylon"; his treatment there is nowhere mentioned. The prophecy here, and in Jr 36:30, harmonizes these two facts. He was slain by Nebuchadnezzar, who changed his purpose of taking him to Babylon, on the…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 22:19

• Burial
• Jehoiakim
• Rich, the
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Jehoiakim
• Ass
• Captivity
• Frost
• Judah, Kingdom of
• Uriah; Uruah
• Punishments

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