Childless - No child to sit on David’s throne. See 1 Chronicles 3:17 note.
Jeconiah was the last king of David’s line. His uncle indeed actually reigned after him, but perished with his sons long before Jeconiah’s death (literally 10): and yet from so dead a trunk, from a family so utterly fallen, that spiritual King came forth whose name is “Yahweh our righteousness” Jeremiah 23:5.
Verse Jeremiah 22:30. _WRITE YE THIS MAN CHILDLESS_] Though he had _seven_ sons, 1 Chronicles 3:17, yet having no _successor_, he is to be entered on the _genealogical tables_ as one _without children...
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...
CHILDLESS: i.e. as to the throne (see last clause). Not one of his seven sons (1 Chronicles 3:17; 1 Chronicles 3:18) sat upon his throne. A MAN. a strong man. Hebrew. _geber._ App-14....
See introd. summary to section. Jeremiah 22:20 have no direct connexion with those that follow and seem to have been introduced here on account of the reference to the rulers ("shepherds") in Jeremiah...
The judgement on Jehoiachin. This part of the sub-section may also be subdivided, inasmuch as in 24 27 he has yet to be taken to Babylon, while in 28 30 that event is spoken of as in the past. The ver...
_Write ye_ For the word in the sense of enter in a register of citizens cp. Isaiah 4:3; Psalms 87:6. _childless_ In 1 Chronicles 3:17, etc. he appears to have had children, and Shealtiel ...
WRITE YE THIS MAN CHILDLESS—— I cannot agree with the generality of commentators, who suppose that God hereby declares it as a thing certain, and as it were orders it to be inserted among the public a...
3. _The fate of Jehoiachin_ (Jeremiah 22:24-30) TRANSLATION (24) As I live (oracle of the LORD), even if Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah was a signet upon My right hand, I would pull you off; ...
O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD. O EARTH! EARTH! EARTH! ... WRITE YE THIS MAN CHILDLESS. Jeconiah was not actually without offspring (cf. , "his seed;" ; , "Jeconias begat Salathie...
WRITE YE, etc.] addressed to those who kept his family registers. They are bidden to enter the fact now instead of waiting for his death. Even though he had children (1 Chronicles 3:17.) they were not...
1-9. Call to amendment of life....
WRITE YE THIS MAN CHILDLESS. — The meaning of the prediction, as explained by the latter clause of the verse, was fulfilled in Jeconiah’s being the last kingly representative of the house of David, hi...
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CHAPTER VII JEHOIACHIN Jeremiah 22:20 "A despised broken vessel."- Jeremiah 22:28 "A young lion. And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion and he learned to catch the prey, he...
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...
Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this (t) 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 this man barren. That is childless: not that he had no children, but that his children should never sit on the throne of Juda, (Challoner) ver. 28., Matthew i. 12., and Ezechiel xvii. 24. Zoroba...
REFLECTIONS READER! Who can go through a Chapter of such contents as this unmoved! Who, but for God's authority, in his holy word, confirming the melancholy truth, could have believed, that a nation s...
What a solemn and awful cry is this to the earth, and thrice repeated! There seems to be more in it than perhaps we can fully explain. Giving a personality to the earth, and the hearing ear, which the...
Then he adds, _Thus saith Jehovah, Write ye this man solitary, _or childless. Some think that these words were addressed to angels or to prophets; but I regard not such a notion as well founded: this...
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...
THUS SAITH THE LORD, WRITE YE THIS MAN CHILDLESS,.... That is, Coniah, or Jeconiah; who though he had children in the captivity, yet they died in it, or however never succeeded him in the throne. This...
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. Ver...
_O earth_, &c. The word _earth_, or _land_ rather, as ארצ may be properly rendered, is repeated three times by way of emphasis, to engage the deeper attention. The prophet speaks to the land of Judea,...
PROPHECIES RELATING TO SHALLUM, JEHOIKIM, AND JEHOIACHIN...
Thus saith the Lord, Write ye this man childless, bereaved of his children, A MAN THAT SHALL NOT PROSPER IN HIS DAYS; FOR NO MAN OF HIS SEED SHALL PROSPER, SITTING UPON THE THRONE OF DAVID, succeeding...
20-30 The Jewish state is described under a threefold character. Very haughty in a day of peace and safety. Very fearful on alarm of trouble. Very much cast down under pressure of trouble. Many never...
The word translated CHILDLESS is but thrice read in holy writ, and by various interpreters translated _barren, not increasing, empty, full of sorrow, wanting children_, &c. It is thought to be interpr...
Jeremiah 22:30 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 Write H3789 (H8798) man H376 childless H6185 man H1397 prosper...
THE INADEQUACY OF JEHOIACHIN (JECHONIAH, CONIAH) (JEREMIAH 22:20). Finally Jeremiah brings out the unsuitability of Jehoiachin (Jechoniah), Jehoiakim's son, to be the promised coming son of David who...
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._...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 22:29 Judah (the LAND) must understand that David’s descendants will cease to rule Judah. NONE OF HIS OFFSPRING. This raises a severe problem: Will God keep his promise made...
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 3:16; 1 Chronicles 3:17; Jeremiah 36:30; Luke 1:32;...
Childless — He is said to be childless, either because all his children died before their father; or because he had no child that sat upon the throne, or ever had any ruler's place in Judah....
Was Jehoiachin childless or did he have heirs? PROBLEM: Jeremiah was told here to “write this man down as childless.” However, Jechoiachin had a son, Shealtiel, who is listed in Matthew 1:12. SOLUTIO...