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Jeremiah 22:19

Jerusalem
Judgment

17 “But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”

18 Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’

He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.

20 Go up to Lebanon and cry out; raise your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers have been crushed.

21 I warned you when you were secure. You said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way from youth, that you have not obeyed My voice.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.
KJV
He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
WEB
He will be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”
ASV
He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
DARBY
He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, dragged along and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
BLB
[With] the burial of a donkey he shall be buried, dragged and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem!
ÅB
Som de begraver et esel, skal han begraves; de skal slepe ham bort og slenge ham vekk langt fra Jerusalems porter.
OTB
Han vil få et esels begravelse—dratt bort og kastet utenfor Jerusalems porter.”
B1930
Som de begraver et asen, skal han begraves; de skal slepe ham bort og slenge ham vekk langt fra Jerusalems porter.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 36:30

    Therefore 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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  • 1 Kings 21:23–24

    And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’

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  • 1 Kings 14:10

    Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!

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  • Jeremiah 36:6

    so you are to go to the house of the LORD on a day of fasting, and in the hearing of the people you are to read the words of the LORD from the scroll you have written at my dictation. Read them in the hearing of all the people of Judah who are coming from their cities.

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  • 2 Kings 9:35

    But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.

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  • Jeremiah 15:3

    I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

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  • 2 Chronicles 36:6

    Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.

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