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

26So I will cast you out, with your mother who bore you, into another country where you were not born—and there will you die. 27But as for the land where they long to return, they will never return there.” Is this man Coniah a despised, shattered pot— a jar with no delight in it? Why are he and his seed cast out into the land they do not know? 29O land, land, land, hear the word of Adonai! 30Thus says Adonai: “Write this man childless, a man who will not prosper in his days. For no man of his seed will prosper, sitting on the throne of David and 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

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 Adonai, “even if Coniah son of King Jehoiakim 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 squares— lamentation everywhere! For I have broken Moab like a jar In which no one delights” —it is a declaration of Adonai—
• 1 Samuel 3:3and the lamp of God had not yet gone out. Samuel was lying down in Adonai’s Temple, where the ark of God was.
• 2 Samuel 5:21They abandoned their idols there, so David and his men removed them.
• Psalms 31:12Because of all my adversaries I am the contempt of my neighbors and a dread to my acquaintances. Seeing me on the street, they flee from me.
• Hosea 8:8Israel has been swallowed up! Now they are among the nations, like an ornament with no delight in it.
• Hosea 13:15Because he is the son of kinsmen, he should have been fruitful. An east wind will come— the wind from Adonai, coming up from the wilderness. His spring will become dry, and his fountain will dry up. He will plunder the treasury of every precious vessel.
• Romans 9:21Does the potter have no right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honor and another for common 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 honor and some for common use.
• Jeremiah 22:30Thus says Adonai: “Write this man childless, a man who will not prosper in his days. For no man of his seed will prosper, sitting on the throne of David and ruling again in Judah.”
• 1 Chronicles 3:17The sons of Jeconiah, the captive: Shealtiel his son,
• Matthew 1:12After the Babylonian exile Jeconiah fathered Shealtiel, Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel,
• Jeremiah 14:18If I go out into the field, see, those slain by the sword! And if I enter into the city, see, the sick with famine! For both prophet and kohen will travel to a land 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