Jeremiah 22:24 KJV — MannaFest

Jeremiah 22:24

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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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;

WEB

“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.

YLT

I live--an affirmation of Jehovah, Though Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah Were a seal on My right hand, Surely thence I draw thee away,

DBT

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

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Jeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.

Author: Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
Date: Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile

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Cross-references

27 verses on the floor

Song of Solomon 8:6
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
Haggai 2:23
In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the Lord, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord of hosts.
Jeremiah 37:1
And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
1 Chronicles 3:16
And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
Jeremiah 28:4
And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the Lord: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Answerable to this threatening against Jeconiah is God's promise to Zerubbabel, when he made him his people's guide in their return out of captivity ( Hag. ii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Signet Reversal Haggai 2:23
Coniah torn off as YHWH's signet (Jer 22:24); Zerubbabel (his grandson) MADE YHWH's signet (Hag 2:23) - the verbal reversal conservatives read as the curse lifted.
Jer 22:24; Hag 2:23 (PD, quotable in full)
Same Person Different Names 2 Kings 24:6
TIPNR unifies Jehoiachin=Jeconiah=Coniah=Jechonias as ONE person (uStrong H3078; forms H3112, H3204, H3659, G2423); the flagged node.
2 Kgs 24:6; Jer 22:24; 1 Chr 3:16; Matt 1:11; TIPNR

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H36593× in canon H542327× in canon H307937× in canon H5002376× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

JER 22:24HAG 2:23 ISA 43:10
JER 22:24JER 37:1 2KI 24:17
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
JER 22:24HAG 2:23 ISA 42:1
JER 22:24SNG 8:6 REV 12:11
JER 22:24SNG 8:6 ISA 49:16
JER 22:24SNG 8:6 PHP 1:20-23
JER 22:24SNG 8:6 SNG 5:8
JER 22:24SNG 8:6 JHN 21:15-19

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