Jeremiah 22:19

Jeremiah 22:19

17 “Yet^a your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your covetousness,
For shedding innocent blood,
And practicing oppression and violence.”

18 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
^a“They shall not lament for him,
Saying, ^b‘Alas, my brother!’ or ‘Alas, my sister!’
They shall not lament for him,
Saying, ‘Alas, master!’ or ‘Alas, his glory!’

19 ^aHe shall be buried with the burial of a donkey,
Dragged and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

20 “Go up to Lebanon, and cry out,
And lift up your voice in Bashan;
Cry from Abarim,
For all your lovers are destroyed.

21 I spoke to you in your prosperity,
But you said, ‘I will not hear.’
^aThis has been your manner from your youth,
That you did not obey My voice.

22 The wind shall eat up all ^ayour rulers,
And your lovers shall go into captivity;
Surely then you will be ashamed and humiliated
For all your wickedness.

23 O inhabitant of Lebanon,
Making your nest in the cedars,
How gracious will you be when pangs come upon you,
Like ^athe pain of a woman in labor?

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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burial of an ass—that is, he shall have the same burial as an ass would get, namely, he shall be left a prey for beasts and birds [JEROME]. This is not formally narrated. But II Chronicles 36:6 states that "Nebuchadnezzar bound him in fetters to carry him to Babylon"; his treatment there is nowhere mentioned. The prophecy here, and in Jeremiah 36:30, harmonizes these two facts. He was slain by Nebuchadnezzar, who changed his purpose of taking him to Babylon, on the way thither, and left him unburied outside Jerusalem. II Kings 24:6, "Jehoiakim slept with his fathers," does not contradict this; it simply expresses his being gathered to his fathers by death, not his being buried with his fathers (Psalms 49:19). The two phrases are found together, as expressing two distinct ideas (II Kings 15:38; II Kings 16:20).

**Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 22:19:**

2 Kings 24:6
2 Chronicles 36:5
2 Chronicles 36:6
Ecclesiastes 8:10
Isaiah 14:18
Jeremiah 8:2
Jeremiah 36:1
Jeremiah 36:30
Daniel 1:1
Malachi 2:3

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