Art thou so vain as to think that brave houses will continue thy kingdom? Thou art mistaken; magnificent buildings are not those things which establish a prince's throne. How was it with thy father? he lived prosperously, yet had no such stately edifices; his throne was established by justice and judgment; that were the right way for thee to sit sure upon thy throne.
Verse Jeremiah 22:15. _SHALT THOU REIGN, C._] Dost thou think thou art a great king, because thou dwellest in a splendid palace?...
i. e., Will thy buildings make thy reign continue? These words imply that Jehoiakim was looking forward to, and taking measures to secure, a long continuance of power (compare Habakkuk 2:9. If so, Jer...
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...
JUSTICE. righteousness, as in Jeremiah 22:3....
See introd. summary to section. It probably belongs to the early years of Jehoiakim, but see on Jeremiah 22:18....
_Shalt thou reign_ Dost thou think that ostentation and luxury constitute a king? _strivest to excel in cedar_ mg. (less well), _viest with the cedar_. For "cedar" LXX (supported by the Arabic) have _...
SHALT THOU REIGN, BECAUSE THOU CLOSEST THYSELF IN CEDAR?— _Because thou frettest thyself in cedar?_ מתחרה _methachareh_ from חרה _charah,_ to _fret_ and _grieve,_ signifies one that is a prey to the u...
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...
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? CLOSEST THYSELF - rather, thou viest [from [ c...
22:15 with (d-7) Or 'dost excel in.'...
CLOSEST _thyself_] RV 'strivest to excel,' rivalling Solomon with his cedar palaces instead of aiming at just rule. THY FATHER] Josiah....
1-9. Call to amendment of life....
THOU CLOSEST THYSELF IN CEDAR. — Better, _thine ambition is in cedar._ The verb means strictly, as in Jeremiah 12:5, “to vie with” or “to contend,” and Jehoiakim is reproached for endeavouring to outd...
הֲ תִֽמְלֹ֔ךְ כִּ֥י אַתָּ֖ה מְתַחֲרֶ֣ה בָ †...
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...
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...
_Cedar; Josias. (Calmet) --- Shall thy magnificent palaces secure thy empire? (Haydock) --- Him. Obey the Lord, in like manner, that thou mayst prosper._...
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...
The Prophet here derides the foolish confidence of King Jehoiakim, because he set up empty things against his enemies instead of strong defences. Kings are wont to indulge themselves when there is qui...
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...
SHALT THOU REIGN BECAUSE THOU CLOSEST [THYSELF] IN CEDAR?.... Dost thou think that thou shalt reign long, and thy throne be established firm and secure, because of thy cedar wainscot? as if that was a...
_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?_ Ver. 15. _Shalt thou reign because thou...
_Wo unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness,_ &c. “The prophet proceeds to denounce God's judgments against Jehoiakim, (see Jeremiah 22:18,) who, it seems, built himself a stately palace i...
PROPHECIES RELATING TO SHALLUM, JEHOIKIM, AND JEHOIACHIN...
Shalt thou reign because thou closest thyself in cedar? making a show of wealth which he did not in reality possess and had no right to parade. DID NOT THY FATHER EAT AND DRINK, enjoying the ordinary...
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...
Jeremiah 22:15 reign H4427 (H8799) enclose H8474 (H8808) cedar H730 father H1 eat H398 (H8804) drink...
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...
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...
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._...
_Did not thy father eat and drink._ GOD’S EXPOSTULATION WITH JEHOIAKIM I. God remembereth the piety and usefulness of our ancestors, and observeth how far we resemble them. The Eternal Mind cannot po...
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 Chronicles 3:15; 1 Corinthians 10:31; 1 Kings 10:9; 1 Kings 4:20;...