1 He exhorts to repentance, with promises and threats.
10 The judgment of Shallum;
13 of Jehoiakim;
20 and of Coniah.

A.M. cir. 3406. B.C. cir. 598. Go. 21:11 34:2 1Sa 15:16-23 24:11,12 1Ki 21:18-20 2Ch 19:1,3 2Ch 25:15,16 33:10 Ho 5:1 Am 7:13 Mr 6:18 Lu 3:19,20

2 And 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:

Hear. 29 13:18 17:20 19:3 29:20 1Ki 22:19 Isa 1:10 28:14 Eze 34:7 Am 7:16

that sittest. 4,30 17:25 29:16,17 36:30 Isa 9:7 Lu 1:32

enter. 7:2 17:20

3 Thus 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.

Execute. 5:28 9:24 21:12 Ex 23:6-9 Le 19:15 De 16:18-20 25:1 2Sa 23:3 Job 29:7-17 Ps 72:2-4 Mic 3:11 Zec 7:9-11

do no wrong. 29:17

do no violence. De 10:18 24:7 27:19 Job 22:9 24:9 29:12 Ps 68:5 94:6 Pr 23:10 Isa 1:23 Eze 22:7 Mal 3:5 Jas 1:27

neither. 17 7:6 26:16 De 19:10-13 2Ki 24:4 Ps 94:21 Pr 6:17

4 For 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.

then. See on ch. 17:25

upon the throne of David. Heb. for David upon his throne.

5 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.

if. 17:27 2Ch 7:19,22 Isa 1:20

I. Ge 22:16 Nu 14:28-30 De 32:40-42 Ps 95:11 Am 6:8 8:7,8 Heb 3:18 6:13,17

that. 7:13,15 26:6-9 39:8 Mic 3:12

6 For 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.

unto. 24 21:11 Ge 37:25 De 3:25 So 5:15

Thou. Gilead was the most fertile part of the country, and renowned for its rich pastures; and Lebanon was the highest mountain in Israel, celebrated for its stately cedars; and both were therefore, proper emblems of the reigning family. But though thou art the richest and most powerful, I who raised thee up, can bring thee down, and made thee a wilderness.

surely. 4:20 7:34 9:11 19:7,8 21:14 25:9,10 26:6-9,18 Ps 107:34 Isa 6:11 24:1-6 27:10 Eze 33:27,28

7 And 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.

I. 4:6,7 5:15 50:20-23 Isa 10:3-7 13:3-5 54:16,17 Eze 9:1-7 Mt 22:7

cut. 21:14 Isa 10:33,34 27:10,11 37:24 Zec 11:1

8 And 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?

De 29:23-25 1Ki 9:8,9 2Ch 7:20-22 La 2:15-17 4:12 Da 9:7

9 Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

2:17-19 40:2,3 50:7 De 29:25-28 2Ki 22:17 2Ch 34:25

10 Weep 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.

Weep ye. 2Ki 22:20 23:30 2Ch 35:23-25 Ec 4:2 Isa 57:1 La 4:9 Lu 23:28

weep sore. 11 2Ki 23:30-34 Eze 19:3,4

11 For 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:

Shallum. 1Ch 3:15 2Ch 36:1-4

Jehoahaz.

12 But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.

18 2Ki 23:34

13 Woe 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;

unto. 18 2Ki 23:35-37 2Ch 36:4

buildeth. Le 19:13 De 24:14,15 Job 24:10,11 Mic 3:10 Hab 2:9-11 Mal 3:5 Jas 5:4

14 That 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.

I will. Pr 17:19 24:27 Isa 5:8,9 9:9 Da 4:30 Mal 1:4 Lu 14:28,29

large. Heb. through-aired. windows, or,my windows. ceiled with cedar. 2Sa 7:2 2Ch 3:5 So 1:17 Hag 1:4

15 Shalt 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?

thy. 18 2Ki 23:25 1Ch 3:15

eat. 1Ki 4:20-23 2Ch 35:7,8,12-18 Ec 2:24 9:7-10 10:17 Isa 33:16 Lu 11:41 Ac 2:46 1Co 10:31

and do. 3 21:12 23:5 2Sa 8:15 1Ki 10:9 2Ki 22:2 23:25 2Ch 34:2 Pr 20:28 21:3 25:5 29:4 31:9 Isa 9:7

then. 42:6 De 4:40 Ps 128:1,2 Isa 3:10

16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.

judged. 5:28 Job 29:12-17 Ps 72:1-4,12,13 82:3,4 109:31 Pr 24:11,12 Isa 1:17

was not. 9:3,16,24 31:33,34 1Sa 2:2 1Ch 28:9 Ps 9:10 Joh 8:19,54,55 Joh 16:3 17:3,6 Tit 1:16 1Jo 2:3,4

17 But 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.

thine eyes. Jos 7:21 Job 31:7 Ps 119:36,37 Eze 19:6 33:31 Mr 7:21,22 Jas 1:14,15 2Pe 2:14 1Jo 2:15,16

covetousness. Ex 18:21 Ps 10:3 Lu 12:15-21 16:13,14 Ro 1:29 1Co 6:19 Eph 5:3-5 Col 3:5 1Ti 6:9,10 2Pe 2:3,14

to shed. 3 26:22-24 1Ki 21:19 2Ki 24:4 2Ch 36:8 Eze 19:6 Zep 3:3

violence. or incursion.

18 Therefore 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!

They. 10 16:4,6 2Ch 21:19,20 35:25

Ah my brother. 2Sa 1:26 3:33-38 1Ki 13:30

19 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

15:3 36:6,30 1Ki 14:10 21:23,24 2Ki 9:35 2Ch 36:6

20 Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.

and cry. 2:36,37 30:13-15 2Ki 24:7 Isa 20:5,6 30:1-7 31:1-3

for. 22 4:30 25:9,17-27 La 1:2,19 Eze 23:9,22

21 I 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.

I spake. 2:31 6:16 35:15 36:21-26 2Ch 33:10 36:16,17 Pr 30:9

prosperity. Heb. prosperities. This. 3:25 7:22-28 32:30 De 9:7,24 31:27 32:15-20 Jud 2:11-19 Ne 9:16 Ps 106:6 Isa 48:8 Eze 20:8,13,21,28 23:3-39

22 The 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.

wind. 4:11-13 30:23,24 Isa 64:6 Ho 4:19 13:15

thy pastors. 2:8 5:30,31 10:21 12:10 23:1,2 Eze 34:2-10 Zec 11:8,17 Ac 7:51,52

thy lovers. 20

surely. 2:26,27,37 20:11

23 O 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!

inhabitant. Heb. inhabitress. Lebanon. 6 Zec 11:1,2

makest. 21:13 48:28 49:16 Nu 24:21 Am 9:2 Ob 1:4 Hab 2:9

how. 3:21 4:31 6:24 30:5,6 50:4,5 Ho 5:15 6:1 7:14

when. 4:30,31

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;

Coniah. 28 37:1 2Ki 25:6-8

Jehoiachin. 1Ch 3:16

Jeconiah. Mt 1:11,12

the signet. 6 So 8:6 Hag 2:23

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.

I. 28 21:7 34:20,21 38:16 2Ki 24:15,16

whose. Pr 10:24

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.

15:2-4 2Ki 24:15 2Ch 36:9,10 Isa 22:17 Eze 19:9-14

27 But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.

to the. 11 44:14 52:31-34 2Ki 25:27-30

desire. Heb. lift up their mind. Ps 86:4

28 Is 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?

Is. This appears to be the application of the whole discourse to Zedekiah; for it is to be observed, that Jeconiah is spoken of as absent, and already in captivity. Now if he and his seed had been for their sins thrown aside as a broken idol, or as a vessel which a man despises, how could Zedekiah, who copied and far exceeded them, expect to prosper on the throne of David?

Coniah. 24

a despised. 48:38 1Sa 3:3-5 2Sa 5:21 Ps 31:12 Ho 8:8 13:15 Ro 9:21-23 2Ti 2:20,21

his seed. 30 1Ch 3:17-24 Mt 1:12-16

which. 14:18

29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.

6:19 De 4:26 31:19 32:1 Isa 1:1,2 34:1 Mic 1:2 6:1,2

30 Thus 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.

Write. Zedekiah was taken prisoner by Nebuchadnezzar; his sons slain before his eyes; and his eyes being put out, he was carried to Babylon; and we read no more either of him or his posterity.

1Ch 3:16,17 Mt 2:12-16

sitting. 36:30 Ps 94:20 Lu 1:32,33 Mt 1:11,12