Jeremiah 22:28

Translations

Modern

Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?

Traditional

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?

Literal

Is this man Coniah a despised and broken vessel, or a vessel in which is no pleasure? Why are they cast out, he and his seed, and cast into a land that they do not know?

Latin

Numquid vas fictile atque contritum vir iste Jechonias? numquid vas absque omni voluptate? quare abjecti sunt ipse et semen ejus, et projecti in terram quam ignoraverunt?

Original

Hebrew

English

Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?

Notes

Jeremiah 22:28–30

This 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.

Jeremiah 22:24–30

Jehoiachin, the son of Jehoiakim, became king at eighteen in 597 BC. The Babylonians attacked Jerusalem because his father rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar. After just three months as king, Jehoiachin wisely surrendered and was taken captive to Babylon (2 Kings 24:8–14), along with most of the royal family.

Jeremiah 22:10–30

This section presents serious accusations against Josiah's descendants.

Jeremiah 22:1–23:8

This collection of messages to the last kings from David's line in Judah ends with a promise. God will one day appoint a true descendant of David to lead his people.

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Hosea 8:8
Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.
Psalm 31:12
I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.
Jeremiah 48:38
On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 22:30
This is what the LORD says: “Enroll this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David or to rule again in Judah.”
2 Samuel 5:21
There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.
Jeremiah 15:1
Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go!
Jeremiah 14:18
If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”
1 Chronicles 3:17–24
The descendants of Jeconiah the captive: Shealtiel his son,
2 Timothy 2:20–21
A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use.
1 Samuel 5:3–5
When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place.
Jeremiah 17:4
And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will burn forever.”
Matthew 1:12–16
After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,

People

Jehoiachin: King of Judah, son of Jehoiakim

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament) Book of Jeremiah Coniah Jehoiachin

Topics

Jehoiachin: Prophecies Concerning Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments

Jeremiah 22:28

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