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Jeremiah 22:28 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 22 · verse 28
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?Jeremiah 22:28 · King James Version
Jeremiah 22:28 in context
26And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.
27But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.
28Is 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?
29O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
30Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- despisedbâzâhto disesteemH959 →
- pleasurechêphetspleasureH2656 →
- ConiahKonyâhûwConjah, an Israelite kingH3659 →
- brokennâphatsto dash to pieces, or scatterH5310 →
- vesselkᵉlîysomething preparedH3627 →
- idolʻetseban earthen vesselH6089 →
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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