English Standard Version
Jeremiah 22:28
28Is 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?
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?
- 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?
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Why is this man Jehoiachin like a discarded, broken jar? Why are he and his children to be exiled to a foreign land?
Context of Jeremiah 22:28
26I will hurl you and the mother who bore you into another country, where you were not born, and there you shall die. 27But to the land to which they will long to return, there they shall not return." 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? 29O land, land, land, hear the word of the Lord! 30Thus says the Lord: "Write this man down as childless, a man who shall not succeed in his days, for none of his offspring shall succeed in sitting on the throne of David and ruling again in 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 22:24"As I live, declares the Lord, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the signet ring on my right hand, yet I would tear you off
- Jeremiah 48:38On all the housetops of Moab and in the squares there is nothing but lamentation, for I have broken Moab like a vessel for which no one cares, declares the Lord.
- 1 Samuel 3:3The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was.
- 2 Samuel 5:21And the Philistines left their idols there, and David and his men carried them away.
- Psalms 31:12I have been forgotten like one who is dead; I have become like a broken vessel.
- Hosea 8:8Israel is swallowed up; already they are among the nations as a useless vessel.
- Hosea 13:15Though he may flourish among his brothers, the east wind, the wind of the Lord, shall come, rising from the wilderness, and his fountain shall dry up; his spring shall be parched; it shall strip his treasury of every precious thing.
- Romans 9:21Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?
- 2 Timothy 2:20Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable.
- Jeremiah 22:30Thus says the Lord: "Write this man down as childless, a man who shall not succeed in his days, for none of his offspring shall succeed in sitting on the throne of David and ruling again in Judah."
- 1 Chronicles 3:17and the sons of Jeconiah, the captive: Shealtiel his son,
- Matthew 1:12And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
- Jeremiah 14:18If I go out into the field, behold, those pierced by the sword! And if I enter the city, behold, the diseases of famine! For both prophet and priest ply their trade through the land and have no knowledge.'"
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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