Jeremiah 22:26

26 I will hurl you and the mother who gave you birth into another country, where neither of you was born, and there you both will die.

Jeremiah 22:26 in Other Translations

KJV
26 And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.
ESV
26 I will hurl you and the mother who bore you into another country, where you were not born, and there you shall die.
NLT
26 I will expel you and your mother from this land, and you will die in a foreign country, not in your native land.
MSG
26 and then throw you, both you and your mother, into a foreign country, far from your place of birth. There you'll both die.
CSB
26 I will hurl you and the mother who gave birth to you into another land, where neither of you were born, and there you will both die.

Jeremiah 22:26 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 22:26

And I will cast thee out
Out of his palace, out of the city of Jerusalem, and out of the land of Judea: and thy mother that bare thee;
who very probably was a bad woman, and had brought up her son in an evil way, and had led him on and encouraged him in it, by her own example, and had been a partner with him in his sins: her name was Nehushta, a daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem; and as it was here predicted of her, so it was accomplished, ( 2 Kings 24:8 2 Kings 24:15 ) ; it is very likely Jeconiah had no children before the captivity, since no mention is made of them, only of his mother that was cast out with him: into another country, where ye were not born;
the land of Chaldea, which was not the native place neither of him nor his mother; being both, as it seems probable, horn in Jerusalem, or however in Judea: and there shall ye die;
both he and his mother; and so the Arabic version expresses it, "and there shall ye both die"; as no doubt they did, though we have no particular account of their death; as for Jeconiah, he lived a long time in captivity; it was in the "thirty seventh" year of his captivity that Evilmerodach king of Babylon showed favour to him above all the captive kings that were with him, and continued it to his death; but how long after that was is not known; see ( Jeremiah 52:31-34 ) .

Jeremiah 22:26 In-Context

24 “As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “even if you, Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on my right hand, I would still pull you off.
25 I will deliver you into the hands of those who want to kill you, those you fear—Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the Babylonians.
26 I will hurl you and the mother who gave you birth into another country, where neither of you was born, and there you both will die.
27 You will never come back to the land you long to return to.”
28 Is this man Jehoiachin a despised, broken pot, an object no one wants? Why will he and his children be hurled out, cast into a land they do not know?

Cross References 2

  • 1. S 1 Samuel 25:29; S 2 Kings 24:8; 2 Chronicles 36:10; S Isaiah 22:17; Ezekiel 19:9-14
  • 2. S 1 Kings 2:19
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