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Jeremiah 22:28
28Is 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?
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?
- 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?
- 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 gave you birth into another country, where neither of you was born, and there you both will die. 27You will never come back to the land you long to return to.” 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? 29O land, land, land, hear the word of the Lord! 30This is what the Lord says: “Record this man as if childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime, for none of his offspring will prosper, none will sit on the throne of David or rule anymore 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 surely as I live,” declares the Lord, “even if you, Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on my right hand, I would still pull you off.
- Jeremiah 48:38On all the roofs in Moab and in the public squares there is nothing but mourning, for I have broken Moab like a jar that no one wants,” declares the Lord.
- 1 Samuel 3:3The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house of the Lord, where the ark of God was.
- 2 Samuel 5:21The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off.
- Psalms 31:12I am forgotten as though I were dead; I have become like broken pottery.
- Hosea 8:8Israel is swallowed up; now she is among the nations like something no one wants.
- Hosea 13:15even though he thrives among his brothers. An east wind from the Lord will come, blowing in from the desert; his spring will fail and his well dry up. His storehouse will be plundered of all its treasures.
- Romans 9:21Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?
- 2 Timothy 2:20In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for special purposes and some for common use.
- Jeremiah 22:30This is what the Lord says: “Record this man as if childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime, for none of his offspring will prosper, none will sit on the throne of David or rule anymore in Judah.”
- 1 Chronicles 3:17The descendants of Jehoiachin the captive: Shealtiel his son,
- Matthew 1:12After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
- Jeremiah 14:18If I go into the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I go into the city, I see the ravages of famine. Both prophet and priest have gone to a land they know not.’ ”
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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