Jeremiah 22
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
2And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates:
3Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
4For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.
5But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.
6For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.
7And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
8And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city?
9Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
10Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
11For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:
12But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.
13Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
14That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
15Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
17But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
18Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
19He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
20Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.
21I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.
22The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.
23O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
24As 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;
25And 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.
26And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.
27But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.
28Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
29O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
30Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- לֹאlôʼH380820× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- עַלʻalH592117× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- כִּיkîyH358815× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH306813× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- אֵתʼêthH85312× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- אָמַרʼâmarH55911× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- זֶהzehH20889× in this chapter
the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
- מֶלֶךְmelekH44288× in this chapter
a king
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7768× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- שָׁםshâmH80338× in this chapter
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8348× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- יְהוּדָהYᵉhûwdâhH30637× in this chapter
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
- בַּיִתbayithH10046× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- יָדyâdH30276× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- כֹּהkôhH35416× in this chapter
properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
- אִםʼimH5186× in this chapter
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62136× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- דָּבָרdâbârH16975× in this chapter
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- הוֹיhôwyH19455× in this chapter
oh!
- יָשַׁבyâshabH34275× in this chapter
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
- אִישׁʼîyshH3765× in this chapter
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- אַלʼalH4085× in this chapter
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
- שָׁמַעshâmaʻH80855× in this chapter
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- אֵלʼêlH4134× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- עוֹדʻôwdH57504× in this chapter
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
- אֶרֶזʼerezH7304× in this chapter
a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)
- שׁוּבshûwbH77254× in this chapter
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
- אַתָּהʼattâhH8594× in this chapter
thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
- בָּכָהbâkâhH10583× in this chapter
to weep; generally to bemoan
- בֵּןbênH11213× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- דָּוִדDâvidH17323× in this chapter
David, the youngest son of Jesse
- הוּאhûwʼH19313× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- זֹאתzôʼthH20633× in this chapter
this (often used adverb)
- אָזʼâzH2273× in this chapter
at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore
- יֹאשִׁיָּהYôʼshîyâhH29773× in this chapter
Joshijah, the name of two Israelites
- יָלַדyâladH32053× in this chapter
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
- כֹּלkôlH36053× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- כִּסֵּאkiççêʼH36783× in this chapter
properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)
- לְבָנוֹןLᵉbânôwnH38443× in this chapter
Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine
- מוּתmûwthH41913× in this chapter
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill