Verse 24
24. As I live—God's most solemn formula of oath (Jeremiah 46:18; Jeremiah 4:2; Deuteronomy 32:40; 1 Samuel 25:34).
Coniah—Jeconiah or Jehoiachin. The contraction of the name is meant in contempt.
signet—Such ring seals were often of the greatest value (Song of Solomon 8:6; Haggai 2:23). Jehoiachin's popularity is probably here referred to.
right hand—the hand most valued.
I would pluck thee thence—(Compare Obadiah 1:4); on account of thy father's sins, as well as thine own (Obadiah 1:4- :). There is a change here, as often in Hebrew poetry, from the third to the second person, to bring the threat more directly home to him. After a three months' and ten days' reign, the Chaldees deposed him. In Babylon, however, by God's favor he was ultimately treated more kindly than other royal captives (Obadiah 1:4- :). But none of his direct posterity ever came to the throne.
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