Jeremiah 22 · Verse 28

Jeremiah 22:28

Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
Jeremiah 22:28, King James Version

Jeremiah 22:28 in other translations

BSBIs this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?
WEBIs this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? Is he a vessel in which no one delights? Why are they cast out, he and his offspring, and cast into a land which they don’t know?
ASVIs this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? is he a vessel wherein none delighteth? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into the land which they know not?
YLTA grief--a despised broken thing--is this man Coniah? A vessel in which there is no pleasure? Wherefore have they been cast up and down, He and his seed, Yea, they were cast on to a land that they knew not?
DARBYIs this man Coniah a despised broken vase? a vessel wherein is no delight? Wherefore are they thrown out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
BBEIs this man Coniah a broken vessel of no value? is he a vessel in which there is no pleasure? why are they violently sent out, he and his seed, into a land which is strange to them?
WebsterIs this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel in which is no pleasure? why are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?

What does Jeremiah 22:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
28. broken idol--Coniah was idolized once by the Jews; Jeremiah, therefore, in their person, expresses their astonishment at one from whom so much had been expected being now so utterly cast aside. vessel ... no pleasure--(Psa 31:12; Ho 8:8). The answer to this is given (Ro 9:20-23; contrast 2Ti 2:21). his seed--(See on Jr 22:29).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? - These are probably the exclamations of the people, when they heard those solemn denunciations against their king and their country.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 22:20-30

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 are ashamed of their sins till brought by them to the last extremity. The king shall close his days in bondage. Those that think themselves as signets on God's right hand, must not be secure, but fear lest they should be…

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Jeremiah 22:28 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.

הַעֶ֨צֶבha.'E.tzev¿ a potH6089
נִבְזֶ֜הniv.ZehdespisedH959
נָפ֗וּץna.FutzsmashedH5310
הָאִ֤ישׁha.'Ish[is] the manH376
הַזֶּה֙ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
כָּנְיָ֔הוּka.ne.Ya.huConiahH3659
אִ֨ם\־'Im-or?H518
כְּלִ֔יke.Lia vesselH3627
אֵ֥ין'ein[which] there notH369
חֵ֖פֶץChe.fetz[is] pleasureH2656
בּ֑וֹboin <the> it
מַדּ֤וּעַma.Du.a'why?H4069
הֽוּטֲלוּ֙hu.ta.Luhave they been thrown outH2904
ה֣וּאhu'heH1931
וְזַרְע֔וֹve.zar.'Oand offspring hisH2233
וְהֻ֨שְׁלְכ֔וּve.Hush.le.Khuand have they been thrown?H7993
עַל\־'al-toH5921
הָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
יָדָֽעוּ\׃ya.Da.'uthey knewH3045

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Cross references for Jeremiah 22:28

  • Hosea 8:8

    Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

  • Psalms 31:12

    I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

  • Jeremiah 48:38

    There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 22:30

    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.

  • Jeremiah 15:1

    Then said the Lord unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

  • 1 Chronicles 3:17-24

    And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son, Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister: And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab–hesed, five. …

  • 2 Samuel 5:21

    And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.

  • 1 Samuel 5:3-5

    And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him. Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon’s house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.

  • Matthew 1:12-16

    And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel; And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor; And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud; And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; …

  • Romans 9:21-23

    Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

  • 2 Timothy 2:20-21

    But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.

  • Jeremiah 14:18

    If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Is.This appears to be the application of the whole discourse to Zedekiah; for it is to be observed, that Jeconiah is spoken of as absent, and already in captivity. Now if he and his seed had been for their sins thrown aside as a broken idol, or as a vessel which a man despises, how could Zedekiah, who copied and far exceeded them, expect to prosper on the throne of David?
Coniah.
24
a despised.
48:38; 1Sa 5:3-5; 2Sa 5:21; Ps 31:12; Ho 8:8; 13:15; Ro 9:21-23
2Ti 2:20,21
his seed.
30; 1Ch 3:17-24; Mt 1:12-16
which.
14:18

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Context

  • Jeremiah 22:27

    But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.

  • Jeremiah 22:28

    Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?

  • Jeremiah 22:29

    O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord.

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Jeremiah 22:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Es este hombre Conías un ídolo vil quebrado? ¿es vaso con quien nadie se deleita? ¿Por qué fueron arrojados, él y su generación, y echados á tierra que no habían conocido?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Cet homme, Conia, est-il un vase d’argile méprisé et mis en pièces? un ustensile auquel on n’a point de plaisir? Pourquoi ont-ils été jetés loin, lui et sa postérité, et lancés dans un pays qu’ils ne connaissent point?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ist denn dieser Mann Konja ein verachtetes Gefäß, das man zertrümmert, oder ein Gerät, an welchem man kein Gefallen hat? Warum werden sie weggeschleudert, er und sein Same, und in ein Land geworfen, das sie nicht kennen? -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Numquid vas fictile atque contritum vir iste Jechonias? numquid vas absque omni voluptate? quare abjecti sunt ipse et semen ejus, et projecti in terram quam ignoraverunt?