Jeremiah 22:28

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 hurl you and your mother who bore you into another country where you were not born, and there you will die. 27But as for the land to which they desire to return, they will not return to it. Is this man Coniah a despised, shattered jar? Or is he an undesirable vessel? Why have he and his descendants been hurled out And cast into a land that they had not known? 29O land, land, land, Hear the word of the Lord! 30Thus says the Lord, ‘Write this man down childless, A man who will not prosper in his days; For no man of his descendants will prosper Sitting on the throne of David Or ruling again in Judah.’”

Jeremiah 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

• Is thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• Coniahיְהוֹיָכִיןyehôyâkîyn · JehoiachinH3078
• a despisedבָּזָהbâzâh · to despiseH959
• shatteredנָפַץnâphats · to shatterH5310
• jarעֶ֫צֶב‛etseb · vesselH6089
• Orאִם'im · if: surely yesH518
• undesirableאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• undesirableחֵ֫פֶץchêphets · pleasureH2656
• vesselכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• Whyמַדּוּעַmaddûa‛ maddûa‛ · why?H4069
• have he and his descendantsזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seed: childrenH2233
• hurledטוּלţûl · to castH2904
• And castשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• that they had not knownיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045

Cross-references for Jeremiah 22:28

• Jeremiah 22:24“As I live,” declares the Lord, “even though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were a signet ring on My right hand, yet I would pull you off;
• Jeremiah 48:38On all the housetops of Moab and in its streets there is lamentation everywhere; for I have broken Moab like an undesirable vessel,” declares the Lord.
• 1 Samuel 3:3and the 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 5:21They abandoned their idols there, so David and his men carried them away.
• Psalms 31:12I am forgotten as a dead man, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel.
• Hosea 8:8Israel is swallowed up; They are now among the nations Like a vessel in which no one delights.
• Hosea 13:15Though he flourishes among the reeds, An east wind will come, The wind of the Lord coming up from the wilderness; And his fountain will become dry And his spring will be dried up; It will plunder his treasury of every precious article.
• Romans 9:21Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for common use?
• 2 Timothy 2:20Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also vessels of wood and of earthenware, and some to honor and some to dishonor.
• Jeremiah 22:30Thus says the Lord, ‘Write this man down childless, A man who will not prosper in his days; For no man of his descendants will prosper Sitting on the throne of David Or ruling again in Judah.’”
• 1 Chronicles 3:17The sons of Jeconiah, the prisoner, were Shealtiel his son,
• Matthew 1:12After the deportation to Babylon: Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel.
• Jeremiah 14:18If I go out to the country, Behold, those slain with the sword! Or if I enter the city, Behold, diseases of famine! For both prophet and priest Have gone roving about in the land that they do not know.’”

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

Topics related to Jeremiah 22:28

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jehoiachin

In the dictionaries

• Coniah
• Jehoiachin
• Jeremiah (2)
• Names, Proper
• Potter; Pottery
• Uriah; Uruah
• Vessel

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