Jeremiah 22:30
in Jeremiah 22This 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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thus saith Jehovah, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days; for no more shall a man of his seed prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling in Judah.
KJV
Thus 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.
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This verse in Jeremiah 22
Commentary
10 notes on this verseThus saith the Lord, write ye this man childless,.... That is, Coniah, or Jeconiah; who though he had children in the captivity, yet they died in it, or however never succeeded him in the throne. This, to show the certainty of the thing, the Lord would have written.
This site's exposition
Is this man Coniah a despised
on Jeremiah 22:28-30
Coniah is called “a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants,” and the land is summoned: “Enroll this man as childless.” He had descendants, and the verse defines the loss: “None of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David.”
This site's exposition
Enroll this man as childless
Enroll pictures a man's name written into the list of families. Clarke notes that Coniah had seven sons (1 Chronicles 3:17-18), yet he is enrolled as childless, for none of his descendants sat on David's throne. Gill adds that the writing made the sentence sure.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
Someone who is in a state of ignorance is sinful and considered "earth and ashes." Someone who is in a state of knowledge, being assimilated as far as possible to God, is already spiritual and thus is considered elect. Scripture calls the senseless and disobedient by the term "dirt," which is clear from what Jeremiah the prophet says in reference to Joachim and his brothers: "Earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord. Inscribe this man as an outcast."
(Verse 29, 30.) Earth, earth, earth, listen to the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord: Write down this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his days. For there will not be a man from his seed who sits on the throne of David and has authority in Judah (or Judea). If I were to note every individual difference, how much the Septuagint may have omitted or changed, it would be lengthy, especially since a diligent reader can consider from both editions what has been changed, added, or subtracted.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
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.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture
), that is, as it follows, No man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David. In him the line of David was extinct as a royal line. Some think that he had children born in Babylon because mention is made of his seed being cast out there (
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation
Childless - He is said to be childless, either because all his children died before their father; or because he had no child that sat upon the throne, or ever had any ruler's place in Judah.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Write ye this man childless - Though he had seven sons, 1Ch 3:17, yet having no successor, he is to be entered on the genealogical tables as one without children for none of his posterity ever sat on the throne of David.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Childless - No child to sit on David’s throne. See 1Ch 3:17 note. Jeconiah was the last king of David’s line. His uncle indeed actually reigned after him, but perished with his sons long before Jeconiah’s death (literally 10): and yet from so dead a trunk, from a family so utterly fallen, that spiritual King came forth whose name is “Yahweh our righteousness” Jer 23:5-6.
The words behind it
24 Hebrew wordsEvery 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כֹּ֣ה׀ | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֣ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֗ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| כִּתְב֞וּ | kitvu | record | H3789 → | 224 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאִ֤ישׁ | haish | the man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| הַזֶּה֙ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| עֲרִירִ֔י | ʾariri | childless | H6185 → | |
| גֶּ֖בֶר | gever | a man | H1397 → | 65 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | [who] not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִצְלַ֣ח | yitzlach | he will prosper | H6743 → | 65 times |
| בְּיָמָ֑יו | beyamav | in days his | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| כִּי֩ | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לֹ֨א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִצְלַ֜ח | yitzlach | he will prosper | H6743 → | 65 times |
| מִזַּרְע֗וֹ | mizaro | any of offspring his | H2233 → | 229 times |
| אִ֚ישׁ | ʾish | anyone | H376 → | 1663 times |
| יֹשֵׁב֙ | yoshev | [will be] sitting | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כִּסֵּ֣א | kise' | [the] throne of | H3678 → | 135 times |
| דָוִ֔ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| וּמֹשֵׁ֥ל | umoshel | and ruling | H4910 → | 81 times |
| ע֖וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| בִּיהוּדָֽה׃ | bihudah | over Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
כֹּ֣ה׀thus
kohH3541 →577 times
אָמַ֣רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֗הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
כִּתְב֞וּrecord
kitvuH3789 →224 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָאִ֤ישׁthe man
haishH376 →1663 times
הַזֶּה֙<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
עֲרִירִ֔יchildless
ʾaririH6185 →
גֶּ֖בֶרa man
geverH1397 →65 times
לֹא־[who] not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יִצְלַ֣חhe will prosper
yitzlachH6743 →65 times
בְּיָמָ֑יוin days his
beyamavH3117 →2304 times
כִּי֩for
kiH3588 →4482 times
לֹ֨אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יִצְלַ֜חhe will prosper
yitzlachH6743 →65 times
מִזַּרְע֗וֹany of offspring his
mizaroH2233 →229 times
אִ֚ישׁanyone
ʾishH376 →1663 times
יֹשֵׁב֙[will be] sitting
yoshevH3427 →1079 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כִּסֵּ֣א[the] throne of
kise'H3678 →135 times
דָוִ֔דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
וּמֹשֵׁ֥לand ruling
umoshelH4910 →81 times
ע֖וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
בִּיהוּדָֽה׃over Judah
bihudahH3063 →819 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Psalms 94:20Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
it leads to
- Psalms 58:2
No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
- Isaiah 10:1
Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
- Ecclesiastes 3:16
Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
- Revelation 13:15–17
The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed.
- John 11:57
But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where He was must report it, so that they could arrest Him.
- Psalms 58:2
Through
Jeremiah 10:21For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 34:2–10
“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the…
- Jeremiah 12:10
Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.
- Jeremiah 23:1–2
“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.
- Ezekiel 34:2–10
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2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata Book 4; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.