Jeremiah 22:24 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 22:24

“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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

As I live, saith Jehovah, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;

KJV

As 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;

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah (420)

(Verse 24 and following) I live, says the Lord: Even if Coniah the son of Joachim king of Judah were a signet on my right hand, I would still pluck him (or you) out. And I will give you into the hand of those seeking your life, and into the hand of those you fear their faces, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon (which is not found in the Septuagint), and into the hand of the Chaldeans.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Coniah - By Coniah he means Jehoiakim, whose name was Jeconiah, 1 Chron. iii, 13, (for all Josiah's sons had two names, and so had his grandchild Jeconiah) here in contempt called Coniah.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Jehoiachin's popularity is probably here referred to. right hand--the hand most valued. I would pluck thee thence--(Compare Ob 4); on account of thy father's sins, as well as thine own (2Ch 36:9). There is a change here, as often in Hebrew poetry, from the third to the second person, to bring the threat more directly home to him.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
חַי־	chai-	[by] [the] life	H2416 →
אָנִי֮	'a.Ni	of me	H589 →
נְאֻם־	ne.'um-	[the] utterance of	H5002 →
יְהוָה֒	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
כִּ֣י	ki	that	H3588 →
אִם־	'im-	except	H518 →
יִהְיֶ֞ה	yih.Yeh	he will be	H1961 →
כָּנְיָ֤הוּ	ka.ne.Ya.hu	Coniah	H3659 →
בֶן־	ven-	[the] son of	H1121 →
יְהֽוֹיָקִים֙	ye.ho.ya.Kim	Jehoiakim	H3079 →
מֶ֣לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4428 →
יְהוּדָ֔ה	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
חוֹתָ֖ם	cho.Tam	a signet-ring	H2368 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
יַ֣ד	yad	[the] hand of	H3027 →
יְמִינִ֑י	ye.mi.Ni	right my	H3225 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
מִשָּׁ֖ם	mi.Sham	from there	H8033 →
אֶתְּקֶֽנְךָּ׃	'e.te.Ken.ka	I will pull off you	H5423 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Haggai 2:23
On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will take you, My servant, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, declares the LORD, and I will make you like My signet ring, for I have chosen…
leads to
- Isaiah 43:10
  “You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed,…
- Isaiah 42:1
  “Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
Through
Jeremiah 37:1
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah, and he reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim.
leads to
- 2 Kings 24:17
  Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Song of Solomon 8:6
Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest…
leads to
- Revelation 12:11
  They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
- Isaiah 49:16
  Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.
- Philippians 1:20–23
  I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or…
- Song of Solomon 5:8
  O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
- John 21:15–19

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