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

17But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression. 18So the Lord has this to say about Josiah’s son, King Jehoiakim of Judah: People will not mourn for him, saying, “This makes me sad, my brother! This makes me sad, my sister!” They will not mourn for him, saying, “Poor, poor lord! Poor, poor majesty!” He will be left unburied just like a dead donkey. His body will be dragged off and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.’” 20People of Jerusalem, go up to Lebanon and cry out in mourning. Go to the land of Bashan and cry out loudly. Cry out in mourning from the mountains of Moab. For your allies have all been defeated. 21While you were feeling secure I gave you warning. But you said, “I refuse to listen to you.” That is the way you have acted from your earliest history onward. Indeed, you have never paid attention to 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 15:3“I will punish them in four different ways: I will have war kill them. I will have dogs drag off their dead bodies. I will have birds and wild beasts devour and destroy their corpses.
• Jeremiah 36:6So you go there the next time all the people of Judah come in from their towns to fast in the Lord’s temple. Read out loud where all of them can hear you what I told you the Lord said, which you wrote in the scroll.
• 1 Kings 14:10So I am ready to bring disaster on the dynasty of Jeroboam. I will cut off every last male belonging to Jeroboam in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated. I will burn up the dynasty of Jeroboam, just as one burns manure until it is completely consumed.
• 1 Kings 21:23The Lord says this about Jezebel, ‘Dogs will devour Jezebel by the outer wall of Jezreel.’
• 2 Kings 9:35But when they went to bury her, they found nothing left but the skull, feet, and palms of the hands.
• 2 Chronicles 36:6King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked him, bound him with bronze chains, and carried 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