Jeremiah 22:18 BSB — MannaFest

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A commentator

Commentary on Jeremiah · Written before 420.

on Jeremiah 22:18-19

(Verse 18, 19.) Therefore, thus says the Lord to Joachim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah: They shall not mourn for him, woe to the brother and woe to the sister, they shall not lament for him, woe to the Lord and woe to the illustrious one. He shall be buried like a donkey, decomposed and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem. This, which we have put from Hebrew: they shall not mourn for him, woe to the brother and woe to the sister, is not found in the Septuagint.

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They shall not lament for him

on Jeremiah 22:18-19

The formal cries of royal mourning, ah my brother, ah sister, ah lord, ah his glory, are named and then refused Jehoiakim by name, and the burial of an ass, dragged out and cast beyond the gates of Jerusalem, replaces the state funeral due a son of Josiah. The commentators note the tension with 2 Kings 24:6, which records only that Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and read Jeremiah's sentence either as the manner of his death in the siege or as the fate of his corpse rather than a claim about where his body came to rest. Either reading keeps the point the text makes without smoothing it over: no lament, no honored grave, for the builder of the cedar house.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

on Jeremiah 22:18-19

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, ch. lii. We have, in these verses, a prophecy, I. Of the desolations of the kingdom, which were now hastening on apace,

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! - These words were no doubt the burden of some funeral dirge. Alas! a brother, who was our lord or governor, is gone. Alas, our sister! his Queen, who has lost her glory in losing her husband. הדה hodah is feminine, and must refer to the glory of the queen. The mournings in the east, and lamentations for the dead, are loud, vehement, and distressing.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The boldness of the Hebrew prophets proves their divine mission; were it not so, their reproofs to the Hebrew kings, who held the throne by divine authority, would have been treason. Ah his glory!--"Alas! his majesty."

The words behind it

24 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

Hebrew	Sound	Meaning	Word study	In the Bible
לָכֵ֞ן	lakhen	<to> therefore	H3651 →	771 times
כֹּֽה־	koh-	thus	H3541 →	577 times
אָמַ֣ר	ʾamar	he says	H559 →	5305 times
יְהוָ֗ה	yahweh	Yahweh	H3068 →	6520 times
אֶל־	ʾel-	to	H413 →	5510 times
יְהוֹיָקִ֤ים	yehoyakim	Jehoiakim	H3079 →	37 times
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →	4930 times
יֹאשִׁיָּ֙הוּ֙	yoshiyahu	Josiah	H2977 →	53 times
מֶ֣לֶךְ	melekh	[the] king of	H4428 →	2525 times
יְהוּדָ֔ה	yehudah	Judah	H3063 →	819 times
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →	5168 times
יִסְפְּד֣וּ	yispedu	people will mourn	H5594 →	30 times
ל֔וֹ	lo	for <the> him
ה֥וֹי	ho	alas!	H1945 →	51 times
אָחִ֖י	ʾachi	O brother my	H251 →	630 times
וְה֣וֹי	veho	and alas!	H1945 →	51 times
אָח֑וֹת	ʾachot	O sister	H269 →	114 times
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →	5168 times
יִסְפְּד֣וּ	yispedu	people will mourn	H5594 →	30 times
ל֔וֹ	lo	for <the> him
ה֥וֹי	ho	alas!	H1945 →	51 times
אָד֖וֹן	ʾadon	O lord	H113 →	333 times
וְה֥וֹי	veho	and alas!	H1945 →	51 times
הֹדֽוֹ׃	hodo	splendor his	H1935 →

לָכֵ֞ן<to> therefore
lakhenH3651 →771 times
כֹּֽה־thus
koh-H3541 →577 times
אָמַ֣רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֗הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יְהוֹיָקִ֤יםJehoiakim
yehoyakimH3079 →37 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
יֹאשִׁיָּ֙הוּ֙Josiah
yoshiyahuH2977 →53 times
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
יְהוּדָ֔הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יִסְפְּד֣וּpeople will mourn
yispeduH5594 →30 times
ל֔וֹfor <the> him
lo
ה֥וֹיalas!
hoH1945 →51 times
אָחִ֖יO brother my
ʾachiH251 →630 times
וְה֣וֹיand alas!
vehoH1945 →51 times
אָח֑וֹתO sister
ʾachotH269 →114 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יִסְפְּד֣וּpeople will mourn
yispeduH5594 →30 times
ל֔וֹfor <the> him
lo
ה֥וֹיalas!
hoH1945 →51 times
אָד֖וֹןO lord
ʾadonH113 →333 times
וְה֥וֹיand alas!
vehoH1945 →51 times
הֹדֽוֹ׃splendor his
hodoH1935 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Chronicles 21:20Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He died, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.5 works 1 Kings 13:30Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh, my brother!”5 works Jeremiah 34:5you will die in peace. As spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who preceded you, so people will burn spices for you and lament, ‘Alas, O master!’ For I Myself have spoken this word, declares the LORD.”5 works Jeremiah 16:6“Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.4 works Jeremiah 16:4“They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.”3 works Jeremiah 22:10Do not weep for the dead king; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for the one who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land.3 works

The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾

Jeremiah 22:12but he will die in the place to which he was exiled; he will never see this land again.”3 works Jeremiah 22:13“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,3 works 2 Chronicles 35:25Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the choirs of men and women sing laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.2 works 2 Samuel 3:33–38And the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool?2 works 2 Chronicles 21:19–20This continued day after day until two full years had passed. Finally, his intestines came out because of his disease, and he died in severe pain. And his people did not make a fire in his honor as they had done for his fathers.2 works 2 Samuel 1:26I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.2 works Genesis 23:2She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.2 works Jeremiah 22:15Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him.2 works Job 27:15His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.2 works 1 Kings 14:13All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.2 works Acts 8:2God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.2 works Amos 8:3“In that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to wailing. Many will be the corpses, strewn in silence everywhere!”2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

Through
Jeremiah 22:10
Do not weep for the dead king; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for the one who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 22:20
  ‘Therefore I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place.’”…
  Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ecclesiastes 4:2
  So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.
- Jeremiah 22:11
  For this is what the LORD says concerning Shallum son of Josiah, king of Judah, who succeeded his father Josiah but has gone forth from this place: “He will never return,
- Isaiah 57:1
  The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.
- Lamentations 4:9
  Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.
Through
Jeremiah 16:4
“They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 25:33
  Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying…
- Psalms 83:10
  who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
Through
Jeremiah 16:6
“Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 14:1
  You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,

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