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Jeremiah 22:28
28This man Jeconiah will be like a broken pot. It is a clay pot that nobody wants any more. He and his children will go as prisoners to a foreign country. They will live in a country that they do not know. Why will that happen to them?
Jeremiah 22:28 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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?
- New International Version (NIV)Is this man Jehoiachin a despised, broken pot, an object no one wants? Why will he and his children be hurled out, cast into a land they do not know?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Is this man Coniah a despised, broken pot, a vessel no one cares for? Why are he and his children hurled and cast into a land that they do not know?
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Is this man Coniah a despised, broken idol— A vessel in which is no pleasure? Why are they cast out, he and his descendants, And cast into a land which they do not know?
Context of Jeremiah 22:28
26I will throw you and your mother out of Judah. I will send you both to a foreign land. You were not born in that land, but you will both die there. 27You will want to return to this land of Judah, but you will never come back here.’ This man Jeconiah will be like a broken pot. It is a clay pot that nobody wants any more. He and his children will go as prisoners to a foreign country. They will live in a country that they do not know. Why will that happen to them? 29Listen, people of this land! Listen, people of Judah! Listen to the Lord's message! 30The Lord says, ‘Write this man's name on the list. Write it as the name of a man who has no children. He will not have success in his life. None of his sons will rule as a descendant of King David. None of them will be king of Judah.’
Read all of Jeremiah 22Jeremiah 22:28 word by word
הַעֶ֨צֶב נִבְזֶ֜ה נָפ֗וּץ הָאִ֤ישׁ הַזֶּה֙ כָּנְיָ֔הוּ אִ֨ם־כְּלִ֔י אֵ֥ין חֵ֖פֶץ בּ֑וֹ מַדּ֤וּעַ הֽוּטֲלוּ֙ ה֣וּא וְזַרְע֔וֹ וְהֻ֨שְׁלְכ֔וּ עַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יָדָֽעוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- this manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
- Coniahכׇּנְיָהוּkonyâhû · ConiahH3659
- a despisedבָּזָהbâzâh · to despiseH959
- brokenנָפַץnâphats · to shatterH5310
- idolעֶ֫צֶב‛etseb · vesselH6089
- a vesselכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
- no pleasureחֵ֫פֶץchêphets · pleasureH2656
- wherefore are they cast outשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
- he and his seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seed: childrenH2233
- and are castטוּלţûl · to castH2904
- into a landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- which they knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
Cross-references for Jeremiah 22:28
- Jeremiah 22:24This is what the Lord says: ‘Jeconiah, king of Judah, son of Jehoiakim, I promise you this, as surely as I live. I will remove your power as king. If you were the special ring of authority on my right hand, I would pull you off!
- Jeremiah 48:38People are standing on the roofs of their houses. They are standing in the streets. They are all crying and weeping. They are sad because I have destroyed Moab. I have broken it in pieces, like a jar that I no longer want.’ That is what the Lord says.
- 1 Samuel 3:3The lamp of God was still burning. Samuel was lying down to sleep near the Covenant Box in the Lord's house.
- 2 Samuel 5:21When the Philistines ran away from there, they did not take their idols with them. So David and his men took them away.
- Psalms 31:12Everybody has forgotten about me. I might as well be dead! They think that I am useless, like a broken plate.
- Hosea 8:8Israel will become lost among the other nations. It will be like a useless pot that nobody needs.
- Hosea 13:15Among the other nations, Israel has been successful. It has been like a plant that grows well. But now the Lord will send trouble. It will be like a strong east wind that comes from the desert. Israel's wells and springs of water will become dry. All the valuable things that Israel has stored will disappear.
- Romans 9:21Somebody who makes pots can choose to make any kind of pot. He can use the same piece of clay to make two different pots. One of the pots may be for special parties. The other pot is for dirty things.
- 2 Timothy 2:20In a big house, there are different kinds of dishes. There are some dishes that people have made from gold or from silver. They see those dishes as valuable things. There are also dishes that people have made from wood or from clay. Those dishes are not special things and they may get dirty.
- Jeremiah 22:30The Lord says, ‘Write this man's name on the list. Write it as the name of a man who has no children. He will not have success in his life. None of his sons will rule as a descendant of King David. None of them will be king of Judah.’
- 1 Chronicles 3:17Jeconiah's enemies took him away as their prisoner. His sons were: Shealtiel,
- Matthew 1:12Here is a list of Jesus' ancestors who lived after that time: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel.
- Jeremiah 14:18When I go out into the fields, I see the bodies of people who have died in war. When I look in the city, I see people who are dying from famine. The prophets and the priests are busy with their work. But they do not understand what is happening.” ’
Commentaries on Jeremiah 22:28
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? - These are probably the exclamations of the people, when they heard those solemn denunciations against their king and their country.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28Idol - Rather, vessel. Is Coniah a mere piece of common earthenware in which the potter has no pleasure, and therefore breaks it? It is a lamentation over Jehoiachin‘s hard fate, and that of his seed. This and the two following verses may have been written after the king had been carried into captivity.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-30Verses 20-30 The Jewish state is described under a threefold character. Very haughty in a day of peace and safety. Very fearful on alarm of trouble. Very much cast down under pressure of trouble. Many never are ashamed of their sins till brought by them to the last extremity. The king shall close his days in bondage. Those that think themselves as signets on God's right hand, must not be secure, but fear lest they should be plucked thence. The Jewish king…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28-30This poem taunts Jehoiachin with two rhetorical questions, both expecting the answer, "I do not know." Jehoiachin's sins and his ancestors' wrongdoings caused his fate. Yet, the people of Jerusalem seemed unwilling to accept the fairness of his exile.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. broken idol--Coniah was idolized once by the Jews; Jeremiah, therefore, in their person, expresses their astonishment at one from whom so much had been expected being now so utterly cast aside. vessel ... no pleasure--(Psa 31:12; Ho 8:8). The answer to this is given (Ro 9:20-23; contrast 2Ti 2:21). his seed--(See on Jr 22:29).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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