Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Jeremiah 22:19
He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem, not interred, but dragged forth and left as carrion to the birds and beasts of prey.
He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem, not interred, but dragged forth and left as carrion to the birds and beasts of prey.
Verse Jeremiah 22:19. _WITH THE BURIAL OF AN ASS_] Cast out, and left unburied, or buried without any _funeral solemnities_, and without such lamentations as the above....
THE BURIAL OF AN ASS - i. e., he shall merely be dragged out of the way, and left to decay unheeded. Nothing is known of the fulfillment of this prophecy....
CONCERNING THE KINGS OF JUDAH (22:1-23:8) CHAPTER 22 _ 1. The message in the house of the king of Judah (Jeremiah 22:1) _ 2. Touching Shallum, the King of Judah (Jeremiah 22:11) 3. Concerning Jeho...
JEREMIAH 22:1 TO JEREMIAH 23:8. This section contains several distinct Jeremianic prophecies, relating to contemporary kings of Judah; they have been editorially collected, probably with some expansio...
BURIED WITH THE BURIAL OF AN ASS. Note the Figure of speech _Oxymoron_, which gives the meaning that he was not buried at all (for asses have no funerals). Jehoiakim is the only king of Judah whose bu...
See introd. summary to section. It probably belongs to the early years of Jehoiakim, but see on Jeremiah 22:18....
_buried with the burial of an ass_ i.e. as the succeeding words explain, _cast forth dishonoured_....
The prediction of the circumstances attendant upon his death. Cp. Jeremiah 36:30, the similarity of which makes it probable that these were among the "many like words" which were added to the original...
THEY SHALL NOT LAMENT FOR HIM, &C.— The prophet here repeats part of the funeral song, which the public mourners used to sing at funerals; indicating, that neither Jehoiakim nor his queen or family sh...
2. _The folly of Jehoiakim_ (Jeremiah 22:13-23) TRANSLATION (13) Woe to him that builds his house with unrighteousness and his upper chambers with injustice; who makes his neighbor serve for nothing...
He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. HE SHALL BE BURIED WITH THE BURIAL OF AN ASS - i:e., he shall have the same burial as an donkey wou...
1-9. Call to amendment of life....
HE SHALL BE BURIED WITH THE BURIAL OF AN ASS. — The same prediction appears in another form in Jeremiah 36:30. The body of the king was “to be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the...
קְבוּרַ֥ת חֲמֹ֖ור יִקָּבֵ֑ר סָחֹ֣וב וְ הַשְׁלֵ֔ךְ...
CHAPTER VI THE JUDGMENT ON JEHOIAKIM Jeremiah 22:13; Jeremiah 36:30 "Jehoiakim slew him (Uriah) with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people."- Jeremiah 26:23...
The message Jeremiah gave the deputation was not enough. He was commanded to go to the house of the king. This he did, and what he there said occupies the succeeding Chapter s up to and including chap...
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 sho...
_Jerusalem. Chap. xxxvi. 30. He died indeed with or like his fathers, 4 Kings xxiv. 6. But it is not said that he was buried. (St. Jerome) --- The Chaldeans designed to send him to Babylon, (2 Paralip...
What a solemn woe, this short but pointed sermon begins with: and what an awful close is made of it, in the application to the king. Is it not astonishing, that any Preacher, and at such a time; shoul...
Hence, the Prophet says now, _He shall be buried with the burial of an ass _He mentions the ass because it is a mean animal; he might have named a horse or an ox, but as the ass is a meaner and more c...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 21, 22, AND 23. On the occasion of Zedekiah's request to Jeremiah to know if the Lord would interfere in favour of the people against Nebuchadnezzar, the Spir...
HE SHALL BE BURIED WITH THE BURIAL OF AN ASS,.... Have no burial at all, or no other than what any brute creature has; which, when it dies, is cast into a ditch, and becomes the food of dogs, and the...
_He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem._ Ver. 19. _He shall be buried with the burial of an ass._] His corpse shall be cast out, like carrio...
_They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother!_ &c. “The prophet here repeats part of the funeral ditty or song which the public mourners used to sing at funerals, (see note on Jeremiah 9:17;...
10-19 Here is a sentence of death upon two kings, the wicked sons of a very pious father. Josiah was prevented from seeing the evil to come in this world, and removed to see the good to come in the o...
HE SHALL BE BURIED WITH THE BURIAL OF AN ASS; that is, he shall not be buried at all, or he shall be buried in an indecent and contemptible manner, none attending him to his grave, none mourning for h...
Jeremiah 22:19 buried H6912 (H8735) burial H6900 donkey H2543 Dragged H5498 (H8800) out H7993 (H8687) beyond...
THE INADEQUACY OF ALL THE CURRENT SONS OF DAVID TO DELIVER JUDAH (JEREMIAH 22:10). Having dealt with Zedekiah, Nebuchadrezzar'a appointee, in the opening passage of the subsection, and having shown th...
THE INADEQUACY OF JEHOIAKIM (JEREMIAH 22:13). With Jehoahaz out of the way as a prospect hopes may have turned on Jehoiakim, whom Pharaoh had made king in place of his brother, having changed his name...
CONTENTS: Message to Zedekiah, concluded. The King exhorted to execute judgment. CHARACTERS: God, Zedekiah, Shallum, Jeremiah, Jehoiakim, Coniah, Nebuchadnezzar. CONCLUSION: God never casts one off...
Jeremiah 22:10. _Weep not for the dead,_ as you have wept bitterly for king Josiah, but weep for him who goes into captivity, for he shall return no more. Jeremiah 22:11. _Shallum the son of Josiah._...
_With the burial of an ass._ DISHONOURED IN DEATH Jehoiakim was king, and yet not one word of thanks do we find, nor one word of love, nor one word of regret expressed concerning his fate. We should...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. Early in Jehoiakim’s reign; contemporary with chap. 22. See Notes. Dr. _Payne Smith_ places this prophecy prior to Jehoiakim’s manifestatio...
EXPOSITION Jeremiah 22:1 and Jeremiah 23:1, are connected together by similarity of subject. The temporal and spiritual leaders of the people, who are mainly responsible for the national catastrophe,...
Now the Lord commanded Jeremiah to go down to the king's house and speak there at the king's house this word. The other, it was a message sent back to the king. Now go on down to his house and speak t...
1 Kings 14:10; 1 Kings 21:23; 1 Kings 21:24; 2 Chronicles 36:6;...
Of an ass — None attending him to his grave, none mourning for him....