Jeremiah 22:29
in Jeremiah 22O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Jehovah.
KJV
O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord.
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This verse in Jeremiah 22
Commentary
9 notes on this verseO earth, earth, earth,.... Not Coniah himself, an earthly man; but either the inhabitants of the whole earth, or of the land of Israel; or rather the earth, on which men dwell, is here called upon as a witness to what is after said; to rebuke the stupidity of the people, and to quicken their attention to somewhat very remarkable and worthy of notice, and therefore the word is repeated three times. Some think reference is had to the land from which, and that to which, the Jews removed, and the land of Israel, through which they passed.
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
O land, land, land
The land is called three times to hear the word of the LORD against Coniah. Gill reads the call as a rebuke to a dull people, the earth itself standing as witness. The sentence that follows is enrolled for all to hear.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
(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.
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."
The Puritans and the Awakening2 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
Let all the inhabitants of the world take notice of these judgments of God upon a nation and a family that had been near and dear to him, and thence infer that God is impartial in the administration of justice. Or it is an appeal to the earth itself on which we tread, since those that dwell on earth are so deaf and careless, like that ( Isa. i.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — unbalanced-parens
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
O earth - These are the words of the prophet in reply: O land! unhappy land! desolated land! Hear the judgment of the Lord!
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Earth - On the repetition compare Jer 7:4 note.
The words behind it
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֶ֥רֶץ | ʾeretz | O land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֶ֖רֶץ | ʾeretz | O land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אָ֑רֶץ | ʾaretz | O land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| שִׁמְעִ֖י | shimi | hear | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| דְּבַר־ | devar- | [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ ס | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
אֶ֥רֶץO land
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
אֶ֖רֶץO land
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
אָ֑רֶץO land
ʾaretzH776 →2504 times
שִׁמְעִ֖יhear
shimiH8085 →1159 times
דְּבַר־[the] word of
devar-H1697 →1440 times
יְהוָֽה׃ סYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 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
Deuteronomy 32:1Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
it leads to
- Isaiah 1:2
Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 4:26
I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it,…
- Psalms 49:1
Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,
- Deuteronomy 31:28
Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
- Deuteronomy 30:19
I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,
- Isaiah 1:2
Through
Jeremiah 6:19Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.
it leads to
- Acts 8:22
Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.
- Jeremiah 8:9
The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?
- Acts 8:22
Through
Micah 1:2Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.
it leads to
- Psalms 11:4
The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
- Psalms 11:4
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); 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 and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.