Jeremiah 22 · Verse 19

Jeremiah 22:19

He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 22:19, King James Version

Jeremiah 22:19 in other translations

BSBHe will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.
WEBHe will be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”
ASVHe shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
YLTThe burial of an ass--he is buried, Dragged and cast out thence to the gates of Jerusalem.
DARBYHe shall be buried with the burial of an ass, dragged along and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
BBEThey will do to him what they do to the dead body of an ass; his body will be pulled out and placed on the earth outside the doors of Jerusalem.
WebsterHe shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

What does Jeremiah 22:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. burial of an ass--that is, he shall have the same burial as an ass would get, namely, he shall be left a prey for beasts and birds [Jerome]. This is not formally narrated. But 2Ch 36:6 states that "Nebuchadnezzar bound him in fetters to carry him to Babylon"; his treatment there is nowhere mentioned. The prophecy here, and in Jr 36:30, harmonizes these two facts. He was slain by Nebuchadnezzar, who changed his purpose of taking him to Babylon, on the way thither, and left him unburied outside Jerusalem. 2Ki 24:6, "Jehoiakim slept with his fathers," does not contradict this; it simply expresses his being gathered to his fathers by death, not his being buried with his fathers (Psa 49:19). The two phrases are found together, as expressing two distinct ideas (2Ki 15:38; 16:20).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 22:10-19

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 other world; therefore, weep not for him, but for his son Shallum, who is likely to live and die a wretched captive. Dying saints may be justly envied, while living sinners are justly pitied. Here also is the doom of Jehoiakim…

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Jeremiah 22:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

קְבוּרַ֥תke.vu.Rat[the] burial ofH6900
חֲמ֖וֹרcha.Mora donkeyH2543
יִקָּבֵ֑רyi.ka.Verhe will be buriedH6912
סָח֣וֹבsa.Chovpeople will dragH5498
וְהַשְׁלֵ֔ךְve.hash.Lekhand people will throw outH7993
מֵהָ֖לְאָהme.Hal.'ahfrom beyondH1973
לְשַׁעֲרֵ֥יle.sha.'a.Rei<to> [the] gates ofH8179
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם\׃\ \סye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 22:19

  • Jeremiah 36:30

    Therefore thus saith the Lord of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.

  • 1 Kings 21:23-24

    And of Jezebel also spake the Lord, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.

  • 1 Kings 14:10

    Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.

  • Jeremiah 36:6

    Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the Lord in the ears of the people in the Lord’s house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.

  • 2 Kings 9:35

    And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

  • Jeremiah 15:3

    And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the Lord: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:6

    Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
15:3; 36:6,30; 1Ki 14:10; 21:23,24; 2Ki 9:35; 2Ch 36:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Jeremiah 22:18

    Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

  • Jeremiah 22:19

    He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

  • Jeremiah 22:20

    Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.

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Jeremiah 22:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		En sepultura de asno será enterrado, arrastrándole y echándole fuera de las puertas de Jerusalem.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il sera enseveli de l’ensevelissement d’un âne, – traîné et jeté par-delà les portes de Jérusalem.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Mit dem Begräbnis eines Esels wird er begraben werden; man wird ihn fortschleifen und wegwerfen weit hinweg von den Toren Jerusalems.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sepultura asini sepelietur, putrefactus et projectus extra portas Jerusalem.