Jeremiah 22

Jeremiah 22:1

GO down to] Or, Go to. Chap. 18. 1.

the house of the king] To the palace, either of Jehoiakim, or of Jechoniah his sonne: for in the reign of the one of those two was this prophecie delivered, to wit, while Jehoahaz yet lived in captivitie; and while Jehoiakim also was yet alive, whether at home, or abroad in captivitie, uncertain. See Vers. 10. 11. 18. Besides that in it (unlesse that from Vers. 20. a new prophecie do begin) Jechoniahs captivitie is also foretold Vers. 24, &c. But concerning the order of this, and the other ensuing prophecies, see Chap. 27. 1.

Jeremiah 22:2

Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah] This was Jeremiahs ordinary manner of preaching before the Kings of Judah from Josiah to Zedkiah. Chap. 17. 20. & 1. 2, 3. & 25. 3.

Jeremiah 22:3

Execute ye judgement and righteousnesse] Chap. 21. 12. Isaiah 56:1.

deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressour] Psal. 72. 2, 4, 12. & 82. 3, 4.

Jeremiah 22:4

if ye do this thing indeed] Heb. doing do (Chap. 7. 5.) this word. Chap. 26. 2. & 32. 17.

then shall there enter in by the gates of this house, &c.] Chap. 17. 25.

sitting upon the throne of David] Heb. for David upon his throne.

Jeremiah 22:5

I swear by my self] Chap. 49. 13. Because he hath none greater then himself to swear by. Hebrews 6:12. and what he sweareth by himself, binding by so solemn an oath, shall undoubtedly be fulfilled. Psalms 110:4. & Psalms 132:11. Heb. 6. 17, 18.

Jeremiah 22:6

thus saith the LORD unto] Or, concerning. Vers. 11. 18.

the kings house of Judah] And the whole citie, Vers. 8. and kingdom together with it. Vers. 22.

Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon] I have made thee fat and wealthie, as Gilead, a rich and fat soile Numbers 32:1. and loftie, as Lebanon, Vers. 23. a high mountain, full of tall cedars. 1 Kings 5:6. Lamentations 1:1.

unto me] Or, by me. by my means. as Chap. 15. 8.

I will make thee a wildernesse] Chap. 9. 10, 11, 12.

Jeremiah 22:7

And I will prepare] Or, For I have prepared. as Isaiah 9:11. Heb. sanctifie. Or, have sanctified. Isaiah 13:3. Chap. 6. 4.

destroyers against thee] The Chaldeans. Chap. 4. 7.

every one with his weapons] Or, instruments. axes and hatchets; such as trees are wont to be felled with. Psal. 74. 5, 6. See Chap. 46. 23.

they shall cut down thy choice cedars] Heb. the choice of thy cedars. Isaiah 37:24. Thy fair buildings made of the choicest cedars. Chap. 21. 14. Vers. 3.

Jeremiah 22:8

they shall say] Wondring, as at a thing never likely to fall out, that God should ever have suffered that goodly citie and kingdom to be so ruined. Lamentations 4:12.

every man to his neighbour] Or, friend, familiar. Chap. 9. 4. one to another. Genesis 11:3; Genesis 11:7. Malachi 3:16.

Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great citie] Deuteronomy 29:24. 1 Kings 9:8.

Jeremiah 22:9

Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD, &c.] Chap. 1. 16. & 16. 11.

Jeremiah 22:10

Weep ye not for the dead] For Josiah, (for whom they made grievous lamentation. 2 Chron. 35. 24, 25.) for it is well with him. 2 Kings 22:20. Isa. 57. 1, 2. Like that of our Saviour, Luke 23:28.

weep sore] Heb. weeping weep. Isaiah 30:19.

for him that goeth away] For Jehoahaz; who is gone captive into Egypt: where he died. 2 Kings 33:34. Vers. 11. Or, for Jehoiakim, who was carried captive, towards, if not to, Babylon; nor was to return unto Jerusalem again. See Vers. 19.

Jeremiah 22:11

thus saith the LORD touching] Or, unto.

Shallum] Jehoahaz: who, it seemeth, had two names; and, it may be, a third; Johanan, or John. 1 Chronicles 3:15. Or called Shallum, for his short reign; 2 Kings 23:11. from another of that name, who reigned but a moneth; 2 Kings 15:31. as more worthy of that name, then his younger brother so called. 1 Chronicles 3:15. Though some understand this of that Shallum the fourth son of Josiah; whom they suppose to have reigned as viceroy, or guardian to Jechoniah, in his fathers absence; as spoken, not of him, but to him, concerning Jehoiakim. See Chap. 25. 1.

which went forth out of this place, He shall not return thither any more] Or, He that is gone forth out of this place, shall not return thither any more. He that is gone; Jehoahaz into Egypt. Ezekiel 19:4. 2 Kings 23:30. Jehoiakim unto Babylon. Ezekiel 19:9. Chron. 36. 6. See Vers. 10. 19.

Jeremiah 22:12

he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive] 2 Kings 23:34. Ezekiel 19:9.

Jeremiah 22:13

Wo unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousnesse] Hab. 2. 9.

that useth his neighbours service without wages] Heb. serveth himself of him. Chap. 25. 14. Compelleth him to serve, or work for him without hire. Exodus 1:14.

gveth him not for his work] Against Gods expresse law. Leviticus 19:13. Deuteronomy 24:14.

Jeremiah 22:14

I will build me a wide house, and large chambers] Heb. an house of measures; or, dimensions. Numbers 13:32. as a man of dimensions, for a man of a large and tall stature. 2 Samuel 21:20. Or, with (as Chap. 11. 16.) large (Heb. thorough aired) chambers.

cutteth him out windows] Or, my windows. Some supposing, that he mangled the windows of the Temple, to grace his own building. as 2 Kings 18:16.

painted with vrmilion] Heb. anointed.

Jeremiah 22:15

Shalt thou reign because thou closest thy self in cedar] Thou Jehoiakim; or, thou Shallum, who art not amended by Gods judgements upon thy brother, 2 King. 24. 3, 4. doest thou think this the way to establish thy throne, by stately buildings raised from cruell oporession? Hab. 2. 9.

did not thy father] Josiah; a good King; who advanced Gods service, and executed justice; and by Gods blessing upon him enjoyed peace and prosperitie. Proverbs 16:12.

eat and drink] Live cheerfully and comfortably; Ecclesiastes 9:7. Matth. 11. 18, 19. though he had not such a stately house as thou hast.

Jeremiah 22:16

was not this to know me] To do right, and live according to my word and will. Chap. 9. 3. Hosea 4:1. James 1:27. 1 John 2:4.

Jeremiah 22:17

for violence] Or, incursion. Chap. 23. 10.

Jeremiah 22:18

concerning Jehoiakim] Which name was given him by Pharaoh Nechoh, whereas before he was called Eliakim. 1 Kings 23:34. He is also called Joakim, a name for signification well agreeing with the former, 1 Chron. 3. 15. where he is said to be the second son of Josiah; though indeed by two yeers elder then Johoahaz, 1 King. 23. 31, 36. because his brother was by the vote of the State preferred before him to the crown: 1 Kin. 23. 30. howbeit Nechoh upon his return reversed their choice, and setled the Kingdom upon the right heir, 2 King. 23. 33, 34.

They shall not lament for him,] Because every one shall have matter enough of lamentation for himself; or, because he shall have no solemn funerall, Chap. 16. 6. and 34. 5.

A my brother] 1 Kings 13:30.

Jeremiah 22:19

He shall be buried with the buriall of an asse,] Not honourably among his ancestors; Isaiah 14:18. but as carion is cast out, that it may not infect, Isaiah 14:19. that which Josephus in his Antiquities, lib. 10. cap. 8. saith befell him; being slain in the citie, and his corps cast out before the wall unburied. But it seemeth rather, that he died at Babylon, or in the way at least thither. See 2 Chron. 36. 6. Ezekiel 19:9.

Jeremiah 22:20

Go up &c.] The Prophet here directeth his speech to the main body of the Jewish people; whom he speaketh unto, as elsewhere, so here, as to a woman of State, Vers. 23. And it may seem, that at these words there beginneth a new prophecy, delivered some space of time after the former, in the reign of Jehoiachin, or Jeconiah; who entred not upon the Kingdom before his fathers decease, whether dying at home or abroad, 2 Kings 24:6. 2 Chron. 36. 8. See Vers. 2.

to Lebanon, &c.] To call to the Assyrians the one way, and the Egyptians the other way, for help against the Chaldeans, but in vain; the Chaldeans having subdued all on either side before, 2 Kings 24:7.

all thy lovers] Chap. 4. 30.

are destroyed] Heb. broken. 2 Chronicles 14:13.

Jeremiah 22:21

I spake unto thee in thy prosperitie] Heb. prosperities.

I will not hear] Chap. 2. 31. & 6. 17.

this hath been thy manner from thy youth] Chap. 2. 24, 25. and 32. 30.

Jeremiah 22:22

The wind shall eat up all thy pastours] All thy rulers, Chap. 10. 21. & 23. 1. shall vanish away, as wind. Or, shall find all their hopes concerning forain helps windie and vain, Chap. 5. 13. Hosea 4:19. & Hosea 12:1.

thy lovers shall go into captivitie] Thy confederates. Vers. 20.

surely] Or, therefore. Chap. 20. 8.

then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded] Chap. 2. 36.

Jeremiah 22:23

O inhabitant] Heb. inhabitresse. Chap. 10. 17. and 21. 13.

of Lebanon] That livest, and carriest thy self as loftily, as if thou dwelledst on the top of Lebanon. Vers. 6.

that makest thy nest in the cedars] In palaces and houses cieled with Cedar. Vers. 7.

how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee] What will all thy beautie, state, or wealth avail, when such troubles and straits surprise thee? Isaiah 10:3.

the pain as of a woman in travail] Chap. 6. 24. & 13. 21.

Jeremiah 22:24

though oniah] Otherwise called Jehoiachin, 2 Kings 24:8. and Jechoniah, 1 Chron. 3. 16. here in contempt Coniah; as also Chap. 37. 1.

were the signet upon my right hand] As near, and as dear to me, as is a Kings signet, that he weareth continually on his finger, Son 8:6. Haggai 2:23.

Jeremiah 22:25

I will give thee] Chap. 21. 7. & 34. 20.

into the hand] Or, power. Chap. 20. 4, 5.

of them that seek thy life] Heb. soul. as Chap. 19. 7.

Jeremiah 22:26

I will cast thee out] 2 Kings 24:12. Isaiah 22:17.

into another countrey] Into Chaldea, 2 Chronicles 36:10.

Jeremiah 22:27

to the land whereunto they desire to return] Heb. lift up their mind. Exodus 32:15. Psalms 24:4. Chap. 44. 14.

Jeremiah 22:28

Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure?] How cometh it to passe that no more account is made of him, then as of an old picture, or image fallen to pieces: or a rotten instrument, or vessel, of no value, that is fit for no use; or filthy and sluttish; and therefore not regarded? Psalms 31:12. Chap. 48. 38. Hosea 8:8.

Jeremiah 22:29

O earth, earth, earth, &c.] Because it might seem to his people a thing incredible, that both he and his should be thus cast out, and the descent of the royall estate so cease; he calleth upon the earth to make record of it; that it might remain as a monument of this heavie doom to all posteritie. See Chap 17. 13.

Jeremiah 22:30

Write ye this man childlesse] Enter his name in the roiall genealogie or descent, without mention of any issue: either, as some, because he had none at all, but died childlesse: or, as others rather, for the reason here subjoyned; because albeit he had issue, begotten and born in the captivitie, Vers. 28. 1 Chron. 3. 15, 17. Matthew 1:12. yet none of his issue were to succeed him in the kingdome: for Zedekiah his unckle was made King in his stead. 2 Kings 24:27. nor did any of his posteritie attain to the roiall estate; which expired in Zedekiah. See the like of Jehoiakim, Chap. 36. 30.