Jeremiah 22:30

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 22:20-30

This prophecy seems to have been calculated for the ungracious inglorious reign of Jeconiah, or Jehoiachin, the son of Jehoiakim, who succeeded him in the government, reigned but three months, and was then carried captive to Babylon, where he lived many years, Jer. 52:31. We have, in these verses, a prophecy, I. Of the desolations of the kingdom, which were now hastening on apace, Jer. 22:20-23. Jerusalem and Judah are here spoken to, or the Jewish state as a single person, and we have it here... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 22:30

Thus saith the Lord, write ye this man childless ,.... That is, Coniah, or Jeconiah; who though he had children in the captivity, yet they died in it, or however never succeeded him in the throne. This, to show the certainty of the thing, the Lord would have written. The speech is directed, as some think, to the angels, or to the prophets; though the words may be rendered impersonally, "let this man be written childless", it may be set down, and taken for a sure and certain thing, as though... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 22:30

Write ye this man childless - Though he had seven sons, 1 Chronicles 3:17 , yet having no successor, he is to be entered on the genealogical tables as one without children for none of his posterity ever sat on the throne of David. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 22:30

Verse 30 Then he adds, Thus saith Jehovah, Write ye this man solitary, or childless. Some think that these words were addressed to angels or to prophets; but I regard not such a notion as well founded: this mode of speaking seems rather to me to have been taken from common practice, for decrees which were to continue in force for a long time were usually written. When an edict was proclaimed, and was to be in force only for a few days, it was not commonly recorded in the public monuments; but... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:1-30

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:30

Write ye this man childless ; i.e. enter him in the register of the citizens (comp. Isaiah 4:3 ) as one who has no heirs. He may have children, but none of them shall succeed to his place in the community. This is all that the passage means; there is no discrepancy with history: how should there be, when Jeremiah himself has mentioned the posterity of Jehoiachin? Yet the Septuagint thought it necessary to avoid the appearance of such a discrepancy by rendering, not "childless," but "one... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 22:30

Childless - No child to sit on David’s throne. See 1 Chronicles 3:17 note.Jeconiah was the last king of David’s line. His uncle indeed actually reigned after him, but perished with his sons long before Jeconiah’s death (literally 10): and yet from so dead a trunk, from a family so utterly fallen, that spiritual King came forth whose name is “Yahweh our righteousness” Jeremiah 23:5-6. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 22:29-30

Jeremiah 22:29-30. O earth, &c. The word earth, or land rather, as ארצ may be properly rendered, is repeated three times by way of emphasis, to engage the deeper attention. The prophet speaks to the land of Judea, which he commands to write down the following prediction, that it might be remembered by them, and the truth of it be thereby made manifest. Write ye this man childless Hebrew, ערירי , solitary, deprived, destitute. The LXX. render it εκκηρυκτον αυθρωτον , an ejected,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 22:24-30

Concerning Jehoiachin (22:24-30)On Jehoiakim’s death, his eighteen year old son Jehoiachin (also known Jeconiah, or Coniah) was made king. He was doomed to a short reign of only three months followed by a long captivity in Babylon. Other members of the royal family would also go into captivity, along with many of the leading citizens of Jerusalem (24-27; cf. 2 Kings 24:8-15). Jehoiachin died in a foreign country, and no son of his became king after him (28-30; but see also 2 Kings 25:27-30). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 22:30

childless: i.e. as to the throne (see last clause). Not one of his seven sons (1 Chronicles 3:17 , 1 Chronicles 3:18 ) sat upon his throne. a man = a strong man. Hebrew. geber. App-14 . read more

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