TheWay BibleHome›Bible›Jeremiah›Jeremiah 22›Jeremiah 22:22
Jeremiah 22:22 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 22 · verse 22
The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.Jeremiah 22:22 · King James Version
Jeremiah 22:22 in context
20Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.
21I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.
22The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.
23O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
24As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- confoundedkâlamproperly, to woundH3637 →
- captivityshᵉbîyexiledH7628 →
- pastorsrâʻâhto tend a flockH7462 →
- ashamedbûwshproperly, to paleH954 →
- loversʼâhabto have affection forH157 →
- windrûwachwindH7307 →
Keep reading in TheWay Bible App
Read, study, memorize, journal, and pray — tap any word for its Greek or Hebrew definition, save verses to memorize, and keep a journal. Free on the web and iOS.
This prophecy seems to have been calculated for the ungracious inglorious reign of Jeconiah, or Jehoiachin, the son of Jehoiakim, who succeeded him in the government, reigned but three months, and was then carried captive to Babylon, where he lived many years, Jer 52:31. We have, in these verses, a prophecy, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 20-30