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Jeremiah 22:24-26

King James Version (KJV)

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24. [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; 25. And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand [of them] whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans. 26. And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.

Jeremiah 22:24-26 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 22:24

Theological / Devotional

Coniah. A shortened form of Jeconiah, or Jehoiachin (Jer. 24:1; 37:1; 2 Kings 24:8). Jehoiachin’s reign lasted only from December, 598 B.C., to March, 597 (see pp. 505, 575, 756; also Vol. II, pp. 96, 97; Vol. III, p. 92).

Signet. Heb. chotham, “a seal ring.” This seal was the symbol of royal power that validated every decree (see 1 Kings 21:8; Haggai 2:23). It was a most precious possession (see on S. of Sol. 8:6).

Yet would I pluck thee. Or, “yet would I pull you off.” God thus vigorously declared His judgment upon Jehoiachin (see Jer. 24:1; 29:1, 2; cf. 2 Kings 24:12, 15).

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