Thus said GOD: Do what is just and right; rescue from the defrauder anyone who is robbed; do not wrong the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow; commit no lawless act, and do not shed the blood of the innocent in this place.
For if you fulfill this command, then through the gates of this palace shall enter kings of David’s line who sit upon his throne, riding horse-drawn chariots, with their courtiers and their subjects.
For thus said GOD concerning the royal palace of Judah:You are as Gilead to Me,As the summit of Lebanon;But I will make you a desert,Uninhabited towns.
Word-by-Word Analysis
כיכה
55
אמר
241
יהוה
26
עלבית
512
מלך
90
יהודה
30
גלעד
107
אתה
406
לי
40
ראש
501
הלבנון
143
אםלא
72
אשיתך
731
מדבר
246
ערים
320
לא
31
נושבה
363
נושבו
364
Jeremiah 22:7
Gematria: 3794
וקדשתיעליךמשחתיםאישוכליווכרתומבחרארזיךוהפילועלהאש
I will appoint destroyers against you,Each with his tools;They shall cut down your choicest cedarsAnd make them fall into the fire.
Do not weep for the deadathe dead I.e., Josiah; see 2 Kings 23.29–30. And do not lament for him;Weep rather for him who is leaving,bhim who is leaving I.e., the king called by his throne name Jehoahaz in 2 Kings 23.31ff., and by his private name Shallum here in v. 11 and in 1 Chron. 3.15. For he shall never come backTo see the land of his birth!
For thus said GOD concerning ShallumcShallum See the second note at v. 10. son of King Josiah of Judah, who succeeded his father Josiah as king, but who has gone forth from this place: He shall never come back.
Word-by-Word Analysis
כי
30
כה
25
אמריהוה
267
אלשלם
401
בןיאשיהו
384
מלך
90
יהודה
30
המלך
95
תחת
808
יאשיהו
332
אביו
19
אשר
501
יצא
101
מןהמקום
281
הזה
17
לאישוב
349
שם
340
עוד
80
Jeremiah 22:12
Gematria: 3469
כיבמקוםאשרהגלואתושםימותואתהארץהזאתלאיראהעודס
He shall die in the place to which he was exiled, and he shall not see this land again.
Ha! HedHe Presumably Jehoiakim son of King Josiah; cf. v. 18. who builds his house with unfairnessAnd his upper chambers with injustice,Who makes his neighbors work without payAnd does not give them their wages,
Do you think you are more a kingBecause you compete in cedar?Your father ate and drankeate and drank I.e., he was content with the simple necessities of life. And dispensed justice and equity—Then all went well with him.
Word-by-Word Analysis
התמלך
495
כי
30
אתה
406
מתחרה
653
בארז
210
אביך
33
הלוא
42
אכל
51
ושתה
711
ועשה
381
משפט
429
וצדקה
205
אז
8
טוב
17
לו
36
Jeremiah 22:16
Gematria: 1413
דןדיןעניואביוןאזטובהלואהיאהדעתאתינאםיהוה
He upheld the rights of the poor and needy—Then all was well.That is truly heeding MefThat is truly heeding Me Or “That is the reward for heeding Me.” —declares GOD.
Assuredly, thus said GOD concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:They shall not mourn for him,“Ah, brother! Ah, sister!”gAh, brother … sister Typical expressions of sorrow at the loss of a relative. They shall not mourn for him,“Ah, lord! Ah, his majesty!”hAh, lord … majesty Typical expressions of sorrow at the death of a ruler.
Word-by-Word Analysis
לכן
100
כהאמר
266
יהוה
26
אליהויקים
212
בןיאשיהו
384
מלך
90
יהודה
30
לאיספדו
191
לו
36
הוי
21
אחי
19
והוי
27
אחות
415
לאיספדו
191
לו
36
הוי
21
אדון
61
והוי
27
הדה
14
Jeremiah 22:19
Gematria: 3048
קבורתחמוריקברסחובוהשלךמהלאהלשעריירושלםס
He shall have the burial of a donkey,Dragged out and left lyingOutside the gates of Jerusalem.
I spoke to you when you were prosperous;You said, “I will not listen.”That was your way ever since your youth,You would not heed Me.
Word-by-Word Analysis
דברתי
616
אליך
61
בשלותיך
768
אמרת
641
לא
31
אשמע
411
זה
12
דרכך
244
מנעוריך
396
כי
30
לאשמעת
841
בקולי
148
Jeremiah 22:22
Gematria: 3779
כלרעיךתרעהרוחומאהביךבשביילכוכיאזתבשיונכלמתמכלרעתך
All your shepherdsjshepherds Change of vocalization yields “paramours.” shall be devoured by the wind,And your lovers shall go into captivity.Then you shall be shamed and humiliatedBecause of all your depravity.
You who dwell in Lebanon,Nestled among the cedars,How much grace will you havekHow much grace will you have Septuagint reads “How you will groan.” When pains come upon you,Travail as in childbirth!
As I live—declares GOD—if you, O King Coniah,lif you, O King Coniah Heb. 3rd person. Coniah (Jeconiah in 24.1) is identical with Jehoiachin, 2 Kings 24.8ff. son of Jehoiakim, of Judah, were a signet on my right hand, I would tear you off even from there.
I will deliver you into the hands of those who seek your life, into the hands of those you dread, into the hands of King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon and into the hands of the Chaldeans.
Thus said GOD:Record this man as without succession,One who shall never be found acceptable;For none of his offspring shall be acceptedTo sit on the throne of DavidAnd to rule again in Judah.