Jeremiah 22:26
in Jeremiah 22I will hurl you and the mother who gave you birth into another land, where neither of you were born—and there you both will die.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.
KJV
And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.
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This verse in Jeremiah 22
Commentary
8 notes on this verse(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.
This site's exposition
As surely as I live,” declares
on Jeremiah 22:24-27
Coniah is King Jehoiachin, and a signet ring was worn on a king’s hand to seal decrees in his name. The LORD will hand him “to those you dread,” Nebuchadnezzar and the Chaldeans. “You will never return to the land for which you long.”
This site's exposition
I will hurl you and the mother
The king's mother goes with him, as 13:18 had already warned. Clarke points to 2 Kings 24:12, where both were taken to Babylon together. Henry notes that a man knows where he was born, yet only God knows where he will die.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
As there is a time to be born and a time to die, so there is a place to be born in and a place to die in. We know where we were born, but where we shall die we know not; it is enough that our God knows. Let it be our care that we die in Christ, and then it will be well with us, wherever we die, though it should be in a far country.
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.
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And I will cast thee out,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
I will cast thee out, and thy mother - See all this fulfilled, 2Ki 24:12, 2Ki 24:13. All were carried by Nebuchadnezzar into captivity together.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Mother - See Jer 13:18. It was her relationship, not to the dead king, but to the king regnant, which made her powerful.
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהֵֽטַלְתִּ֣י | vehetalti | and I will throw out | H2904 → | 14 times |
| אֹתְךָ֗ | ʾotekha | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וְאֶֽת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אִמְּךָ֙ | ʾimekha | mother your | H517 → | 220 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יְלָדַ֔תְךָ | yeladatkha | she bore you | H3205 → | 496 times |
| עַ֚ל | ʾal | to | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָאָ֣רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אַחֶ֔רֶת | ʾacheret | another | H312 → | 166 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | where | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יֻלַּדְתֶּ֖ם | yuladtem | you were born | H3205 → | 496 times |
| שָׁ֑ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| וְשָׁ֖ם | vesham | and there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| תָּמֽוּתוּ׃ | tamutu | you will die | H4191 → | 839 times |
וְהֵֽטַלְתִּ֣יand I will throw out
vehetaltiH2904 →14 times
אֹתְךָ֗<obj.> you
ʾotekhaH853 →10935 times
וְאֶֽת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
אִמְּךָ֙mother your
ʾimekhaH517 →220 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יְלָדַ֔תְךָshe bore you
yeladatkhaH3205 →496 times
עַ֚לto
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
הָאָ֣רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
אַחֶ֔רֶתanother
ʾacheretH312 →166 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhere
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יֻלַּדְתֶּ֖םyou were born
yuladtemH3205 →496 times
שָׁ֑םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
וְשָׁ֖םand there
veshamH8033 →834 times
תָּמֽוּתוּ׃you will die
tamutuH4191 →839 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
2 Kings 24:8Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 3:16
The successors of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, and Zedekiah.
- 2 Chronicles 36:9
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 24:1
After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to…
- Jeremiah 22:28
Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?
- 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.
- 1 Chronicles 3:16
Through
2 Kings 24:15Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 36:10
In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and…
- Esther 2:6
He had been carried into exile from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon among those taken captive with Jeconiah king of Judah.
- Jeremiah 22:24–28
“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.
- 2 Chronicles 36:10
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.