Jeremiah 22
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A Message for Judah’s Kings
1This is what the Lord said to me: “Go over and speak directly to the king of Judah. Say to him, 2‘Listen to this message from the Lord, you king of Judah, sitting on David’s throne. Let your attendants and your people listen, too. 3This is what the Lord says: Be fair-minded and just. Do what is right! Help those who have been robbed; rescue them from their oppressors. Quit your evil deeds! Do not mistreat foreigners, orphans, and widows. Stop murdering the innocent! 4If you obey me, there will always be a descendant of David sitting on the throne here in Jerusalem. The king will ride through the palace gates in chariots and on horses, with his parade of attendants and subjects. 5But if you refuse to pay attention to this warning, I swear by my own name, says the Lord, that this palace will become a pile of rubble.’”
A Message about the Palace
6Now this is what the Lord says concerning Judah’s royal palace:
“I love you as much as fruitful Gilead
and the green forests of Lebanon.
But I will turn you into a desert,
with no one living within your walls.
7I will call for wreckers,
who will bring out their tools to dismantle you.
They will tear out all your fine cedar beams
and throw them on the fire.
8“People from many nations will pass by the ruins of this city and say to one another, ‘Why did the Lord destroy such a great city?’ 9And the answer will be, ‘Because they violated their covenant with the Lord their God by worshiping other gods.’”
A Message about Jehoahaz
10Do not weep for the dead king or mourn his loss.
Instead, weep for the captive king being led away!
For he will never return to see his native land again.
11For this is what the Lord says about Jehoahaz,#22:11 Hebrew Shallum, another name for Jehoahaz. who succeeded his father, King Josiah, and was taken away as a captive: “He will never return. 12He will die in a distant land and will never again see his own country.”
A Message about Jehoiakim
13And the Lord says, “What sorrow awaits Jehoiakim,#22:13a The brother and successor of the exiled Jehoahaz. See 22:18.
who builds his palace with forced labor.#22:13b Hebrew by unrighteousness.
He builds injustice into its walls,
for he makes his neighbors work for nothing.
He does not pay them for their labor.
14He says, ‘I will build a magnificent palace
with huge rooms and many windows.
I will panel it throughout with fragrant cedar
and paint it a lovely red.’
15But a beautiful cedar palace does not make a great king!
Your father, Josiah, also had plenty to eat and drink.
But he was just and right in all his dealings.
That is why God blessed him.
16He gave justice and help to the poor and needy,
and everything went well for him.
Isn’t that what it means to know me?”
says the Lord.
17“But you! You have eyes only for greed and dishonesty!
You murder the innocent,
oppress the poor, and reign ruthlessly.”
18Therefore, this is what the Lord says about Jehoiakim, son of King Josiah:
“The people will not mourn for him, crying to one another,
‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’
His subjects will not mourn for him, crying,
‘Alas, our master is dead! Alas, his splendor is gone!’
19He will be buried like a dead donkey—
dragged out of Jerusalem and dumped outside the gates!
20Weep for your allies in Lebanon.
Shout for them in Bashan.
Search for them in the regions east of the river.#22:20 Or in Abarim.
See, they are all destroyed.
Not one is left to help you.
21I warned you when you were prosperous,
but you replied, ‘Don’t bother me.’
You have been that way since childhood—
you simply will not obey me!
22And now the wind will blow away your allies.
All your friends will be taken away as captives.
Surely then you will see your wickedness and be ashamed.
23It may be nice to live in a beautiful palace
paneled with wood from the cedars of Lebanon,
but soon you will groan with pangs of anguish—
anguish like that of a woman in labor.
A Message for Jehoiachin
24“As surely as I live,” says the Lord, “I will abandon you, Jehoiachin#22:24 Hebrew Coniah, a variant spelling of Jehoiachin; also in 22:28. son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah. Even if you were the signet ring on my right hand, I would pull you off. 25I will hand you over to those who seek to kill you, those you so desperately fear—to King Nebuchadnezzar#22:25a Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, a variant spelling of Nebuchadnezzar. of Babylon and the mighty Babylonian#22:25b Or Chaldean. army. 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.
28“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.’
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Jeremiah 22
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Judgment against Sinful Kings
1This is what the Lord says: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and announce this word there. 2You are to say: Hear the word of the Lord, king of Judah, you who sit on the throne of David# 2Sm 3:10; 1Kg 2:12,24,45; Is 9:7; Jr 17:25; 22:30; 29:16; 36:30 — you, your officers, and your people who enter these gates. 3This is what the Lord says: Administer justice and righteousness. # 2Sm 8:15; 1Kg 10:9; 2Ch 9:8; Is 33:5; 59:14; Jr 9:24; 23:5; 33:15; Am 5:7,24 Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. # Dt 28:29; Ps 35:10; Ec 4:1; Jr 21:12 Don’t exploit or brutalize the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.# Dt 14:29; 24:17,19-21; 27:19; Ps 146:9; Jr 7:6; Ezk 22:7 Don’t shed innocent blood in this place. 4For if you conscientiously carry out this word, then kings sitting on David’s throne will enter through the gates of this palace # Jr 17:25 riding on chariots and horses — they, their officers, and their people. 5But if you do not obey these words, then I swear by Myself# Gn 22:16; 1Sm 3:14; Ps 89:3,35; Is 45:23; 54:9; Jr 44:26; 49:13” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “that this house will become a ruin.” # Jr 17:27
6For this is what the Lord says concerning the house of the king of Judah:
You are like Gilead# Sg 4:1; Jr 8:22; 46:11; 50:19; Mc 7:14; Zch 10:10 to Me,
or the summit of Lebanon,
but I will certainly turn you into a wilderness,
uninhabited cities.
7I will appoint destroyers# Ex 12:23; 2Sm 24:16; Is 54:16 against you,
each with his weapons.
They will cut down the choicest of your cedars
and throw them into the fire.
8“Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why did the Lord do such a thing to this great city? ’ 9They will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant # Dt 29:24-25; 1Kg 19:10,14 of Yahweh their God and worshiped and served other gods.’ ” # Dt 30:17
A Message Concerning Shallum
10Do not weep for the dead;
do not mourn for him.
Weep bitterly for the one # = Shallum (Jehoahaz) in v. 11 who has gone away,
for he will never return again
and see his native land.# 2Sm 12:22-23
11For this is what the Lord says concerning Shallum # 2Kg 23:32-35; 1Ch 3:15 son of Josiah, king of Judah, who became king in place of his father Josiah: “He has left this place — he will never return here again, 12but he will die in the place where they deported him, never seeing this land again.”
A Message concerning Jehoiakim
13Woe for the one who builds his palace
through unrighteousness, # Mc 3:10
his upper rooms through injustice,
who makes his fellow man serve without pay
and will not give him his wages, # Lv 19:13; Jms 5:4
14who says, “I will build myself a massive palace,
with spacious upper rooms.”
He will cut windows # Lit My windows in it,
and it will be paneled with cedar# 1Kg 6:9,15,18; 7:3,7
and painted with vermilion.
15Are you a king because you excel in cedar?
Didn’t your father eat and drink
and administer justice and righteousness? # Jr 22:3
Then it went well with him.
16He took up the case of the poor and needy,# Dt 24:14
then it went well.
Is this not what it means to know Me?
This is the Lord’s declaration.
17But you have eyes and a heart for nothing
except your own dishonest profit,
shedding innocent blood
and committing extortion and oppression.# Is 30:12; 59:9-15; Jr 6:6; Ezk 22:7,12,29; Mc 3:11; Hab 1:3
18Therefore, this is what the Lord says concerning Jehoiakim # 2Kg 23:34–24:6; 2Ch 36:4-8 son of Josiah, king of Judah:
They will not mourn for him, saying,
“Woe, my brother! ” or “Woe, my sister! ”
They will not mourn for him, saying,
“Woe, lord! Woe, his majesty! ”
19He will be buried like a donkey, # Jr 36:30
dragged off and thrown
outside the gates of Jerusalem.
20Go up to Lebanon and cry out;
raise your voice in Bashan;
cry out from Abarim, # Nm 27:12; Dt 32:49
for all your lovers # Or friends, or allies have been crushed. # Jr 3:1
21I spoke to you when you were secure.
You said, “I will not listen.”
This has been your way since youth; # Jr 3:25
indeed, you have never listened to Me.
22The wind will take charge of # Lit will shepherd all your shepherds,
and your lovers # Or friends, or allies will go into captivity.
Then you will be ashamed and humiliated # Is 41:11
because of all your evil.
23You residents of Lebanon,
nestled among the cedars,
how you will groan # LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads will be pitied when labor pains come on you,
agony like a woman in labor. # Ps 48:6; Is 13:8; 21:3; 42:14; Jr 4:31; 6:24; 13:21; 30:6; 50:43; Mc 4:9-10; 1Th 5:3
A Message concerning Coniah
24“As I live,” says the Lord, “though you, Coniah # = Jehoiachin # 2Kg 24:6-17; Jr 37:1; 52:31 son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, were a signet ring # Gn 38:18; 1Kg 21:8; Hg 2:23 on My right hand, I would tear you from it. 25In fact, I will hand you over to those you dread, # Jr 34:20-21 who want to take your life, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the Chaldeans. 26I will hurl you and the mother who gave birth # 2Kg 24:15 to you into another land, # 2Kg 24:8 where neither of you were born, and there you will both die. 27They will never return to the land they long to return to.”
28Is this man Coniah a despised, shattered pot, # Ps 31:12; Jr 48:38; Hs 8:8
a jar no one wants?
Why are he and his descendants hurled out
and cast into a land they have not known?
29Earth, earth, earth,
hear the word of the Lord!
30This is what the Lord says:
Record this man as childless, # 1Ch 3:17; Mt 1:12
a man who will not be successful in his lifetime.
None of his descendants will succeed
in sitting on the throne of David # Jr 36:30
or ruling again in Judah.
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