Jeremiah 22 · Verse 29

Jeremiah 22:29

O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord.
Jeremiah 22:29, King James Version

Jeremiah 22:29 in other translations

BSBO land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!
WEBO earth, earth, earth, hear the LORD’s word!
ASVO earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Jehovah.
YLTEarth, earth, earth, hear a word of Jehovah,
DARBYO earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Jehovah!
BBEO earth, earth, earth, give ear to the word of the Lord!
WebsterO earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.

What does Jeremiah 22:29 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 22:29-30
29-30. O earth! earth! earth!--Jeconiah was not actually without offspring (compare Jr 22:28, "his seed"; 1Ch 3:17, 18; Mt 1:12), but he was to be "written childless," as a warning to posterity, that is, without a lineal heir to his throne. It is with a reference to the three kings, Shallum, Jehoiakim, and Jeconiah, that the earth is thrice invoked [Bengel]. Or, the triple invocation is to give intensity to the call for attention to the announcement of the end of the royal line, so far as Jehoiachin's seed is concerned. Though Messiah (Mt 1:1-17), the heir of David's throne, was lineally descended from Jeconiah, it was only through Joseph, who, though His legal, was not His real father. Matthew gives the legal pedigree through Solomon down to Joseph; Luke the real pedigree, from Mary, the real parent, through Nathan, brother of Solomon, upwards (Lu 3:31). no man of his seed ... upon the throne--This explains the sense in which "childless" is used. Though the succession to the throne failed in his line, still the promise to David (Psa 89:30-37) was revived in Zerubbabel and consummated in Christ.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 29 O earth - These are the words of the prophet in reply: O land! unhappy land! desolated land! Hear the judgment of the Lord!

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 22:29 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.

אֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzO landH776
אֶ֖רֶץ'E.retzO landH776
אָ֑רֶץ'A.retzO landH776
שִׁמְעִ֖יshim.'IhearH8085
דְּבַר\־de.var-[the] word ofH1697
יְהוָֽה\׃\ \סYah.wehYahwehH3068

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

Cross references for Jeremiah 22:29

  • Deuteronomy 32:1

    Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

  • Micah 1:2

    Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.

  • Jeremiah 6:19

    Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.

  • Isaiah 1:1-2

    The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

  • Micah 6:1-2

    Hear ye now what the Lord saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

  • Isaiah 34:1

    Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.

  • Deuteronomy 31:19

    Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.

  • Deuteronomy 4:26

    I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
6:19; De 4:26; 31:19; 32:1; Isa 1:1,2; 34:1; Mic 1:2; 6:1,2

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

Context

  • 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.

  • 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.

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Jeremiah 22:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¡Tierra, tierra, tierra! oye palabra de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Terre, terre, terre, écoute la parole de l’ Éternel!
German
Elberfelder 1871		O Land, Land, Land, höre das Wort Jehovas!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Terra, terra, terra, audi sermonem Domini.