Jeremiah 22:22

22 Your leaders will be blown away by the wind, your allies taken as prisoners of war, your city disgraced and put to shame because of all the evil you have done.

Jeremiah 22:22 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 22:22

The wind shall eat up all thy pastors
King, nobles, counsellors, priests, prophets, and elders of the people; they shall be carried away as chaff before the wind, or perish as trees and fruits are blasted with an east wind; to which Nebuchadnezzar and his army are sometimes compared; see ( Jeremiah 18:17 ) . The Targum is,

``all thy governors shall be scattered to every wind;''

and thy lovers shall go into captivity:
the Assyrians and Egyptians, as before; see ( Jeremiah 52:31 Jeremiah 52:32 ) ; surely then thou shalt be ashamed and confounded for all thy
wickedness;
being disappointed of all protection from their governors at home, and of all help from their allies abroad; and will then, when too late, be convinced of all their wickedness, and ashamed of it.

Jeremiah 22:22 In-Context

20 People of Jerusalem, go to Lebanon and shout, go to the land of Bashan and cry; call out from the mountains of Moab, because all your allies have been defeated.

21 The Lord spoke to you when you were prosperous, but you refused to listen. That is what you've done all your life; you never would obey the Lord.

22 Your leaders will be blown away by the wind, your allies taken as prisoners of war, your city disgraced and put to shame because of all the evil you have done.

23 You rest secure among the cedars brought from Lebanon; but how pitiful you'll be when pains strike you, pains like those of a woman in labor.

24 The Lord said to King Jehoiachin, son of King Jehoiakim of Judah, "As surely as I am the living God, even if you were the signet ring on my right hand, I would pull you off