Jeremiah 22:1

Warning of Jerusalem's Fall

1 Thus says the LORD, "Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and there speak this word

Jeremiah 22:1 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 22:1

Thus saith the Lord, go down to the house of the king of
Judah
To the palace of Jehoiakim, who was now the reigning king; the prophet is bid to go down to it, because, as Kimchi thinks, he was now upon the mountain of the house, or in the temple, from whence to the king's house there was a descent: and speak there this word;
of prophecy, relating to the several kings hereafter mentioned. This prophecy was delivered some years before that in the preceding chapter, though it stands here. It is indeed by some thought to be repeated here on occasion of what is before said, and for the confirmation of it, putting in mind of what he had prophesied in former times: and they render the words, with which it begins, "thus hath the Lord said" ^F24; so he said to me years ago; which agrees with what is now delivered.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 (rma hk) "haec dixit", Grotius; "sic dixit", Schmidt.

Jeremiah 22:1 In-Context

1 Thus says the LORD , "Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and there speak this word

2 and say, 'Hear the word of the LORD , O king of Judah, who sits on David's throne, you and your servants and your people who enter these gates.

3 'Thus says the LORD , "Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this place.

4 "For if you men will indeed perform this thing, then kings will enter the gates of this house, sitting in David's place on his throne, riding in chariots and on horses, even the king himself and his servants and his people.

5 "But if you will not obey these words, I swear by Myself," declares the LORD , "that this house will become a desolation.""'