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 expel you and your mother from this land, and you will die in a foreign country, not in your native land. 27You will never again return to the land you yearn for. “Why is this man Jehoiachin like a discarded, broken jar? Why are he and his children to be exiled to a foreign land? 29O earth, earth, earth! Listen to this message from the Lord! 30This is what the Lord says: ‘Let the record show that this man Jehoiachin was childless. He is a failure, for none of his children will succeed him on the throne of David to rule over 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

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,” says the Lord, “I will abandon you, Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah. Even if you were the signet ring on my right hand, I would pull you off.
• Jeremiah 48:38There is crying and sorrow in every Moabite home and on every street. For I have smashed Moab like an old, unwanted jar.
• 1 Samuel 3:3The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was sleeping in the Tabernacle near the Ark of God.
• 2 Samuel 5:21The Philistines had abandoned their idols there, so David and his men confiscated them.
• Psalms 31:12I am ignored as if I were dead, as if I were a broken pot.
• Hosea 8:8The people of Israel have been swallowed up; they lie among the nations like an old discarded pot.
• Hosea 13:15Ephraim was the most fruitful of all his brothers, but the east wind—a blast from the Lord— will arise in the desert. All their flowing springs will run dry, and all their wells will disappear. Every precious thing they own will be plundered and carried away.
• Romans 9:21When a potter makes jars out of clay, doesn’t he have a right to use the same lump of clay to make one jar for decoration and another to throw garbage into?
• 2 Timothy 2:20In a wealthy home some utensils are made of gold and silver, and some are made of wood and clay. The expensive utensils are used for special occasions, and the cheap ones are for everyday use.
• Jeremiah 22:30This is what the Lord says: ‘Let the record show that this man Jehoiachin was childless. He is a failure, for none of his children will succeed him on the throne of David to rule over Judah.’
• 1 Chronicles 3:17The sons of Jehoiachin, who was taken prisoner by the Babylonians, were Shealtiel,
• Matthew 1:12After the Babylonian exile: Jehoiachin was the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel.
• Jeremiah 14:18If I go out into the fields, I see the bodies of people slaughtered by the enemy. If I walk the city streets, I see people who have died of starvation. The prophets and priests continue with their work, but they don’t know what they’re doing.”

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