22:6 For thus saith the LORD to the king’s house of Judah; Thou [art] {c} Gilead to me, [and] the head of Lebanon: [yet] surely I will make thee a wilderness, [and] cities [which] are not inhabited.(c) He compares Jerusalem to Gilead which was beyond Jordan and the beauty of Judea to Lebanon. read more
22:7 And I will {d} prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice {e} cedars, and cast [them] into the fire.(d) The Hebrew word signifies to sanctify because the Lord dedicates to his use and purpose such as he prepares to execute his work, Isaiah 13:3, Jeremiah 6:4; Jeremiah 12:3 .(e) Your buildings made from cedar trees. read more
22:8 {f} And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Why hath the LORD done thus to this great city?(f) As they who wonder at a thing which they thought would never have come to pass, De 29:24, 1 Kings 9:8 . read more
22:10 Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: [but] weep bitterly for him {g} that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.(g) Signifying that they would lose their king: for Jehoiachin went forth to meet Nebuchadnezzar and yielded himself, and was carried into Babylon, 2 Kings 24:12 . read more
22:11 For thus saith the LORD concerning {h} Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, who went forth from this place; He shall not return there any more:(h) Whom some think to be Jehoiachin and that Josiah was his grandfather: but it seems this was Jehoiakim, as in Jeremiah 22:18 . read more
22:13 Woe to him that buildeth his house by {i} unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; [that] useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;(i) By bribes and extortion. read more
22:15 Shalt thou reign, because thou closest [thyself] in cedar? did not thy {k} father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, [and] then [it was] well with him?(k) Meaning Josiah, who was not given to ambition and superfluity, but was content with mediocrity, and only delighted in setting forth God’s glory, and to do justice to all. read more
22:18 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for {l} him, [saying], Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, [saying], Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!(l) For everyone will have enough to lament for himself. read more
22:19 He shall be {m} buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.(m) Not honourably among his fathers, but as carrion are cast in a hole, because their stink should not infect, read 1 Kings 14:10 . Josephus writes that the enemy slew him in the city and commanded him to be cast before the walls unburied, see Jeremiah 36:30 . read more
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Geneva Study Bible - Jeremiah 22:5
22:5 But if ye will not hear these words, I {b} swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.(b) Showing that there is no one greater than he is, Hebrews 6:13 and that he will most certainly perform his oath. read more