Jeremiah 36:30
in Jeremiah 36Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out and exposed to heat by day and frost by night.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David; and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
KJV
Therefore thus saith the Lord of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
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This verse in Jeremiah 36
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Zedekiah was not the son, but the uncle of Jeconiah, and was raised to the throne in contempt of him and his father Jehoiakim (Jer 22:30). dead body . . . cast out-- (Jer 22:18, 19). day . . . heat . . . night . . . frost--There are often these variations of temperature in the East between night and day (Ge 31:40).
This site's exposition
After the king had burned the scroll
on Jeremiah 36:27-31
After the burning, Jeremiah is told to write “the very words that were on the original scroll.” The sentence on Jehoiakim follows: “He will have no one to sit on David’s throne.” Verse 31 extends the judgment to his descendants, his servants, and the people of Jerusalem and Judah.
This site's exposition
He will have no one to sit on David’s throne
His son Jeconiah did reign, briefly. Barnes holds that a reign of three months had too little real power to count. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown add that Zedekiah, who followed, was Jeconiah's uncle, and they tie the exposed body to Jeremiah 22:18 and 19.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
8 And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the L ORD in the L ORD 's house. In the beginning of Ezekiel's prophecy we meet with a roll written in vision, for discovery of the things therein contained to the prophet himself, who was to receive and digest them, Ezek. ii.
Therefore thus saith the Lord, of Jehoiakim king of Judah,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David - He shall have no successor and himself shall have an untimely end, and shall not even be buried, but his body be exposed to the open air, both night and day. He who wishes to hide his crimes, or take away the evidence which is against him, adds thereby to his iniquities, and is sure in consequence to double his punishment. See the threatening against Jehoiakim, Jer 22:19 (note), and the note there.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
He shall have none to sit ... - The 3 months’ reign of Jehoiakim was too destitute of real power to be a contradiction to this prediction.
The words behind it
22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יְהֽוֹיָקִים֙ | yehoyakim | Jehoiakim | H3079 → | 37 times |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יְהוּדָ֔ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִֽהְיֶה־ | yihyeh- | he will belong | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לּ֥וֹ | lo | to <the> him | ||
| יוֹשֵׁ֖ב | yoshev | [one who] sits | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כִּסֵּ֣א | kise' | [the] throne of | H3678 → | 135 times |
| דָוִ֑ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| וְנִבְלָתוֹ֙ | venivlato | and corpse his | H5038 → | 48 times |
| תִּֽהְיֶ֣ה | tihyeh | it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| מֻשְׁלֶ֔כֶת | mushlekhet | thrown out | H7993 → | 125 times |
| לַחֹ֥רֶב | lachorev | to the heat | H2721 → | 16 times |
| בַּיּ֖וֹם | baiyom | in the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| וְלַקֶּ֥רַח | velakerach | and to the frost | H7140 → | |
| בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃ | balayelah | in the night | H3915 → | 233 times |
לָכֵ֞ן<to> therefore
lakhenH3651 →771 times
כֹּֽה־thus
koh-H3541 →577 times
אָמַ֣רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֗הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
יְהֽוֹיָקִים֙Jehoiakim
yehoyakimH3079 →37 times
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
יְהוּדָ֔הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יִֽהְיֶה־he will belong
yihyeh-H1961 →3559 times
לּ֥וֹto <the> him
lo
יוֹשֵׁ֖ב[one who] sits
yoshevH3427 →1079 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כִּסֵּ֣א[the] throne of
kise'H3678 →135 times
דָוִ֑דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
וְנִבְלָתוֹ֙and corpse his
venivlatoH5038 →48 times
תִּֽהְיֶ֣הit will be
tihyehH1961 →3559 times
מֻשְׁלֶ֔כֶתthrown out
mushlekhetH7993 →125 times
לַחֹ֥רֶבto the heat
lachorevH2721 →16 times
בַּיּ֖וֹםin the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
וְלַקֶּ֥רַחand to the frost
velakerachH7140 →
בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃in the night
balayelahH3915 →233 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
Jeremiah 22:30This 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…
it leads to
- Psalms 94:20
Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
- Matthew 1:11–16
and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 10:21
For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.
- Psalms 94:20
Through
Genesis 31:40As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
it leads to
- Exodus 3:1
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
- John 21:15–17
When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”
- Luke 2:8
And there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.
- Hebrews 13:7
Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
- 1 Peter 5:2–4
Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;
- Exodus 3:1
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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; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
