Jeremiah 22:24

²² The wind will drive away all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Then you will be ashamed and humiliated because of all your wickedness.

²³ O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”

“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.

²⁵ In fact, I will hand you over to those you dread, who want to take your life—to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to the Chaldeans.

²⁶ I 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.

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: “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.
KJV: As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;
WEB: “As I live,” says the LORD, “though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet on my right hand, I would still pluck you from there.
ASV: As I live, saith Jehovah, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;
DARBY: [As] I live, saith Jehovah, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, were a signet upon my right hand, yet will I pluck thee thence;
BLB: “As I live,” a declaration of YHWH, “Even If Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet on My right hand, yet from there I would tear you off,

ÅB: Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren, selv om du Konja[^6], Jojakims sønn, Judas konge, var en signetring på min høyre hånd, så ville jeg rive deg derfra.
OTB: “Sannelig, så sant jeg lever,” erklærer Herren, “selv om Konja, sønn av Jojakim, konge av Juda, var en signetring på min høyre hånd, ville jeg likevel trekke deg av.
B1930: Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren, selv om du Konja, Jojakims sønn, Judas konge, var en signetring på min høire hånd, så vilde jeg rive dig derfra. / < Konja eller Jekonja (JER 24, 1) d.s.s. Jojakin, 2KG 24, 6. 2KR 36, 9.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 37:1
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah, and he reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim.
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Song of Solomon 8:6
Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.
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1 Chronicles 3:16
The successors of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, and Zedekiah.
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Haggai 2:23
On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will take you, My servant, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, declares the LORD, and I will make you like My signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the LORD of Hosts.”
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2 Kings 24:6–8
And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.
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Jeremiah 22:6
For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are like Gilead to Me, like the summit of Lebanon; but I will surely turn you into a desert, like cities that are uninhabited.
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Matthew 1:11–12
and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
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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?
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