Focused Passage

Jeremiah 22:24-30

The House of David Under Judgment for Injustice and Covenant Failure

The chapter moves from a covenant summons to the royal house, to the threatened ruin of the palace, to judgment against individual kings, and finally to the cutting off of royal confidence in Coniah.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

24 “As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “even if you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off.

25 In fact, I will hand you over to those you dread, who want to take your life—to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to the Chaldeans.

26 I will hurl you and the mother who gave you birth into another land, where neither of you were born—and there you both will die.

27 You will never return to the land for which you long.”

28 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?

29 O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!

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.”

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References and Original Words

Verse 24

Original words

As surely as I אָנִי֮ H589 Pronoun - first person common singular live חַי־ H2416 Noun - masculine singular declares נְאֻם־ H5002 Noun - masculine singular construct the LORD יְהוָה֒ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular even כִּ֣י H3588 Conjunction if אִם־ H518 Conjunction you, Coniah כָּנְיָ֤הוּ H3659 Noun - proper - masculine singular son בֶן־ H1121 Noun - masculine singular construct of Jehoiakim יְהֽוֹיָקִים֙ H3079 Noun - proper - masculine singular king מֶ֣לֶךְ H4428 Noun - masculine singular construct of Judah יְהוּדָ֔ה H3063 Noun - proper - masculine singular were יִהְיֶ֞ה H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular a signet ring חוֹתָ֖ם H2368 Noun - masculine singular on עַל־ H5921 Preposition My right יְמִינִ֑י H3225 Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular . . . כִּ֥י H3588 Conjunction hand יַ֣ד H3027 Noun - feminine singular construct I would pull you אֶתְּקֶֽנְךָּ׃ H5423 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular off מִשָּׁ֖ם H8033 Preposition-m | Adverb

BSB notes

  • Coniah is a variant of Jehoiachin; also in verse 28.
Verse 25

Original words

In fact, I will hand you over וּנְתַתִּ֗יךָ H5414 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular . . . בְּיַד֙ H3027 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct to those אֲשֶׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative you אַתָּ֥ה H859 Pronoun - second person masculine singular dread יָג֖וֹר H3016 Adjective - masculine singular . . . מִפְּנֵיהֶ֑ם H6440 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural . . . וּבְיַ֛ד H3027 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct who want to take מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י H1245 Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct your life נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ H5315 Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular . . . וּבְיַ֛ד H3027 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct to Nebuchadnezzar נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥ר H5019 Noun - proper - masculine singular king מֶֽלֶךְ־ H4428 Noun - masculine singular construct of Babylon בָּבֶ֖ל H894 Noun - proper - feminine singular . . . וּבְיַ֥ד H3027 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct and to the Chaldeans הַכַּשְׂדִּֽים׃ H3778 Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural

BSB notes

  • That is, the Babylonians
Verse 26

Original words

I will hurl וְהֵֽטַלְתִּ֣י H2904 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular you אֹתְךָ֗ H853 Direct object marker | second person masculine singular and וְאֶֽת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker the mother אִמְּךָ֙ H517 Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular who אֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Pronoun - relative gave you birth יְלָדַ֔תְךָ H3205 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | second person masculine singular into עַ֚ל H5921 Preposition another אַחֶ֔רֶת H312 Adjective - feminine singular land הָאָ֣רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular where אֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Pronoun - relative neither לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle of you were born יֻלַּדְתֶּ֖ם H3205 Verb - QalPass - Perfect - second person masculine plural and there שָׁ֑ם H8033 Adverb . . . וְשָׁ֖ם H8033 Conjunctive waw | Adverb you both will die תָּמֽוּתוּ׃ H4191 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Verse 27

Original words

[You] will never לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle return יָשֽׁוּבוּ׃ס H7725 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural to וְעַל־ H5921 Conjunctive waw | Preposition the land הָאָ֗רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular - אֲשֶׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative for which [you] הֵ֛ם H1992 Pronoun - third person masculine plural long מְנַשְּׂאִ֥ים H5375 Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker - נַפְשָׁ֖ם H5315 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural . . . לָשׁ֣וּב H7725 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct . . . שָׁ֑ם H8033 Adverb . . . שָׁ֖מָּה H8033 Adverb | third person feminine singular
Verse 28

Original words

Is this הַזֶּה֙ H2088 Article | Pronoun - masculine singular man הָאִ֤ישׁ H376 Article | Noun - masculine singular Coniah כָּנְיָ֔הוּ H3659 Noun - proper - masculine singular . . . אִ֨ם־ H518 Conjunction a despised נִבְזֶ֜ה H959 Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular [and] shattered נָפ֗וּץ H5310 Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular pot הַעֶ֨צֶב H6089 Article | Noun - masculine singular a jar כְּלִ֔י H3627 Noun - masculine singular that no אֵ֥ין H369 Adverb one wants חֵ֖פֶץ H2656 Noun - masculine singular Why מַדּ֤וּעַ H4069 Interrogative are he ה֣וּא H1931 Pronoun - third person masculine singular and his descendants וְזַרְע֔וֹ H2233 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular hurled out הֽוּטֲלוּ֙ H2904 Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person common plural and cast וְהֻ֨שְׁלְכ֔וּ H7993 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hofal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural into עַל־ H5921 Preposition a land הָאָ֖רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular - אֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Pronoun - relative they do not לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle know יָדָֽעוּ׃ H3045 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Verse 29

Original words

O land אֶ֥רֶץ H776 Noun - feminine singular land אֶ֖רֶץ H776 Noun - feminine singular land אָ֑רֶץ H776 Noun - feminine singular hear שִׁמְעִ֖י H8085 Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular the word דְּבַר־ H1697 Noun - masculine singular construct of the LORD יְהוָֽה׃ס H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular
Verse 30

Original words

This is what כֹּ֣ה׀ H3541 Adverb the LORD יְהוָ֗ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular says אָמַ֣ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Enroll כִּתְב֞וּ H3789 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker this הַזֶּה֙ H2088 Article | Pronoun - masculine singular man הָאִ֤ישׁ H376 Article | Noun - masculine singular as childless עֲרִירִ֔י H6185 Adjective - masculine singular a man גֶּ֖בֶר H1397 Noun - masculine singular who will not לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle prosper יִצְלַ֣ח H6743 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular in his lifetime בְּיָמָ֑יו H3117 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular . . . כִּי֩ H3588 Conjunction None לֹ֨א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle . . . אִ֚ישׁ H376 Noun - masculine singular of his descendants מִזַּרְע֗וֹ H2233 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular will prosper יִצְלַ֜ח H6743 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular to sit יֹשֵׁב֙ H3427 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular on עַל־ H5921 Preposition the throne כִּסֵּ֣א H3678 Noun - masculine singular construct of David דָוִ֔ד H1732 Noun - proper - masculine singular or to rule וּמֹשֵׁ֥ל H4910 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular again ע֖וֹד H5750 Adverb in Judah בִּיהוּדָֽה׃ H3063 Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular

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