Jeremiah 22

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Jeremiah 22
A high resolution scan of the Aleppo Codex showing the Book of Jeremiah (the sixth book in Nevi'im).
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Order in the Hebrew part6
CategoryLatter Prophets
Christian Bible partOld Testament
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Jeremiah 22 is the twenty-second

prophet Jeremiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets
.

Text

The original text of this chapter is written in the Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 30 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008).[1] Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, i.e., 4QJera (4Q70; 225-175 BCE[2][3]) with extant verses 3‑16,[4] and 4QJerc (4Q72; 1st century BC)[5] with extant verses 4‑6, 10‑28, 30 (similar to Masoretic Text).[6][7][8]

There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century), Codex Sinaiticus (S; BHK: S; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; Q; 6th century).[9]

Parashot

The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex.[10] Jeremiah 22 is a part of the Eighth prophecy (Jeremiah 21-24) in the section of Prophecies of Destruction (Jeremiah 1-25). {P}: open parashah; {S}: closed parashah.

[{S} 21:11-14] 22:1-5 {P}22:6-9 {S} 22:10-12 {S} 22:13-17 {S} 22:18-19 {S} 22:20-27 {P} 22:28-30 {P}

Structure

The New King James Version groups this chapter into:

Prophecies against the kings of Judah (22:1–10)

Verse 1

Thus says the Lord: "Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and there speak this word"[11]

Verse 6

Though you are like Gilead to me, like the summit of Lebanon, I will surely make you like a wasteland, like towns not inhabited.[12]

The overthrow of the monarchy is foretold. Biblical commentator A. W. Streane suggests that verses 6–7, on the downfall of Jerusalem, are written "in Ḳinah metre".[13]

Message to the sons of Josiah (22:11–23)

Verse 11

For thus says the Lord concerning Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, who went from this place: "He shall not return here anymore"[14]
  • "Shallum the son of
    Ezekiel 19:4), fulfilling Jeremiah's prophecy in this chapter.[15]

Verse 18

Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
"They shall not lament for him,
Saying, 'Alas, my brother!' or 'Alas, my sister!'
They shall not lament for him,
Saying, 'Alas, master!' or 'Alas, his glory!'"[16]
  • "
    Jeremiah 36:30).[22]

Verse 19

He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey,
Dragged and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.[23]

Josephus wrote that Nebuchadnezzar slew Jehoiakim along with high-ranking officers and then commanded Jehoiakim's body "to be thrown before the walls, without any burial."[24]

Message to Coniah (22:24–30)

Verse 24

"As I live," says the Lord, "though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the signet on My right hand, yet I would pluck you off"[25]
  • "Coniah": a spelling of the name
    34).[17]

Verse 28

"Is this man Coniah a despised, broken idol—
A vessel in which is no pleasure?
Why are they cast out, he and his descendants,
And cast into a land which they do not know?"[27]
  • "Coniah": a spelling of the name
    Jeremiah 37:1.[28]

Verse 30

"Thus says the Lord:
Write this man down as childless,
A man who shall not prosper in his days;
For none of his descendants shall prosper,
Sitting on the throne of David,
And ruling anymore in Judah."[29]

Isaiah 6:3 and "overthrown" in Ezekiel 21:27) to place a strong emphasis that "no descendant of Jeconiah shall rule Judah."[15]

See also

  • Related Bible parts: 2 Kings 23, 2 Kings 24, 1 Chronicles 3, 2 Chronicles 36, Jeremiah 36, Ezekiel 19

    • Notes and references

    1. ^ Würthwein 1995, pp. 35–37.
    2. ^ Cross, F.M. apud Freedman, D.N.; Mathews, K.A. (1985). The Paleo-Hebrew Leviticus Scroll (11QpaleoLev). Winona Lake, Indiana. p. 55
    3. ISSN 0940-4155
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    4. ISBN 9780802862419
      . Retrieved February 15, 2019.
    5. ^ "The Evolution of a Theory of the Local Texts" in Cross, F.M.; Talmon, S. (eds) (1975) Qumran and the History of Biblical Text (Cambridge, MA - London). p.308 n. 8
    6. JSTOR 24608791
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    7. ^ Fitzmyer 2008, p. 38.
    8. ISBN 9789004181830
      . Retrieved May 15, 2017.
    9. ^ Würthwein 1995, pp. 73–74.
    10. ^ As reflected in the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 edition of the Hebrew Bible in English.
    11. ^ Jeremiah 22:1 NKJV
    12. ^ Jeremiah 22:6 NIV
    13. ^ Streane, A. W. (1911), Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges on Jeremiah 22, accessed 10 February 2019
    14. ^ Jeremiah 22:11 NKJV
    15. ^
      ISBN 978-0195288810
    16. ^ Jeremiah 22:18 NKJV
    17. ^ a b c d "JEHOIAKIM - JewishEncyclopedia.com". www.jewishencyclopedia.com.
    18. ISBN 0-304-33703-X
    19. ^ Jeremiah 36:1–32
    20. ^ James Maxwell Miller, John Haralson Hayes, A History of Ancient Israel and Judah (Westminster John Knox Press, 1986) page 404-405.
    21. ^ 2 Chronicles 36:6
    22. ^ Note on Jeremiah 22:19 in NET Bible
    23. ^ Jeremiah 22:19 NKJV<
    24. ^ Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews. Book X, chapter 6, part 3.
    25. ^ Jeremiah 22:24 NKJV
    26. ^ Note [a] on Jeremiah 22:24 in NET Bible
    27. ^ Jeremiah 22:28 NKJV
    28. ^ Note on Jeremiah 22:28 in NKJV linked to note [a] on Jeremiah 22:24 in NET Bible
    29. ^ Jeremiah 22:30 NKJV

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