Jeremiah 22
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Warning of Jerusalem’s Fall
1Thus says the Lord, “Go down to the house of the king of Judah and speak this word there: 2‘Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, you who sit on the throne of David—you and your servants and your people who enter by these gates. 3Thus says the Lord, “Execute justice and righteousness, and rescue the one who has been robbed from the hand of his oppressor. And do no wrong; do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place. 4For if you will indeed obey this word, then kings will enter through the gates of this palace, sitting in David’s place on his throne, riding in chariots and on horses, even the king himself and his servants and his people. 5But if you will not hear and obey these words, I swear [an oath] by Myself,” says the Lord, “that this house will become a desolation.” ’ ” 6For thus says the Lord in regard to the house of the king of Judah:
“You are [as valuable] to Me as [the green pastures of] Gilead [east of the Jordan]
Or as the [plentiful] summit of Lebanon [west of the Jordan],
Yet most certainly [if you will not listen to Me] I will make you a wilderness,
And uninhabited cities.
7“For I will prepare and appoint destroyers [to execute My judgments] against you,
Each with his weapons;
And they will cut down your [palaces built of] choicest cedars
And throw them in the fire.
8“Many nations will pass by this city; and each man will say to another, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this great city?’ 9Then they will answer, ‘Because the people ignored and abandoned the [solemn] covenant with the Lord their God and worshiped other gods and served them.’ ”
10¶Do not weep for the dead or mourn for him;
But weep bitterly for the one who goes away [into exile],
For he will never return
And see his native country [again].
11For thus says the Lord in regard to Shallum (Jehoahaz) the [third] son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father and who went from this place, “Shallum will not return here anymore; 12he will die in the place where they led him captive and not see this land again.
Messages about the Kings
13¶“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who builds his house by [acts of] unrighteousness
And his upper chambers by injustice,
Who uses his neighbor’s service without pay
And does not give him wages [for his work],
14Who says, ‘I will build myself a spacious house
With large upper rooms,
And cut out its [wide] windows,
And panel it with cedar and paint it vermilion.’
15“Do you think that you become a king because you have much more cedar [in your palace than Solomon]?
Did not your father [Josiah], as he ate and drank,
Do just and righteous acts [being upright and in right standing with God]?
Then all was well with him.
16“He defended the cause of the afflicted and needy;
Then all was well.
Is that not what it means to know Me?”
Says the Lord.
17“But your eyes and your heart
Are only intent on your own dishonest gain,
On shedding innocent blood,
On oppression and extortion and violence.”
18Therefore thus says the Lord in regard to #22:18 Originally named Eliakim, he was renamed Jehoiakim by Pharaoh Neco of Egypt and placed on the throne of Judah after Neco deposed and imprisoned Jehoiakim’s younger brother, King Jehoahaz (also called Shallum), because Jehoahaz was allied with Babylon instead of Egypt.Jehoiakim the [second] son of Josiah, king of Judah,
“The relatives will not lament (mourn over with expressions of grief) for him:
‘Alas, my brother!’ or, ‘Alas, sister,’ [how great our loss]!
The subjects will not lament for him:
‘Alas, master!’ or ‘Alas, majesty [how great was his glory]!’
19“#22:19 Jehoiakim was killed during Babylon’s second attack. His body was desecrated and thrown out as food for scavengers.He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey—
Dragged off and thrown out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
20“Go up [north] to Lebanon and cry out,
And raise your voice in [the hills of] Bashan [across the Jordan];
Cry out also from #22:20 A range of mountains southeast of Palestine.Abarim,
For all your lovers (allies) have been destroyed. [Jer 27:6, 7]
21“I spoke to you in your [times of] prosperity,
But you said, ‘I will not listen!’
This has been your attitude and practice from your youth;
You have not obeyed My voice.
22“The wind [of adversity] will carry away all your shepherds (rulers, statesmen),
And your lovers (allies) will go into exile.
Surely then you will be ashamed and humiliated and disgraced
Because of all your wickedness.
23“O inhabitant of [Jerusalem, whose palaces are made from the cedars of] Lebanon,
You who nest in the cedars,
How you will groan and how miserable you will be when pains come on you,
Pain like a woman in childbirth! [1 Kin 7:2]
24“As I live,” says the Lord, “though #22:24 Also known as Jeconiah and Jehoiachin.Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet [ring] on My right hand, yet would I pull you (Coniah) off. 25And I will place you in the hand of those who seek your life and in the hand of those whom you fear, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of the #22:25 The ruling tribe of Babylonia whose capital city was Babylon.Chaldeans. 26I will hurl you and the mother who gave you birth into another country where you were not born, and there you will die. 27But as for the land to which they long to return, they will not return to it.
28“Is this man [King] Coniah a despised, broken jar?
Is he a vessel in which no one takes pleasure?
Why are he and his [royal] descendants hurled out
And cast into a land which they do not know or understand?
29“O land, land, land,
Hear the word of the Lord!
30Thus says the Lord,
‘Write this man [Coniah] down as childless,
A man who will not prosper (succeed) in his lifetime;
For not one of his descendants will succeed
In sitting on the throne of David
Or ruling again in 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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