Jeremías 22:1-6

1 Mensaje a los reyes de Judá
Esto me dijo el Señor
: «Ve y habla directamente al rey de Judá. Dile:

2 “Rey de Judá, tú que te sientas en el trono de David, escucha el mensaje del Señor
. Deja que tus ayudantes y tu pueblo también escuchen.

3 Esto dice el Señor
: ‘Sean imparciales y justos. ¡Hagan lo que es correcto! Ayuden a quienes han sufrido robos; rescátenlos de sus opresores. ¡Abandonen sus malas acciones! No maltraten a los extranjeros, ni a los huérfanos ni a las viudas. ¡Dejen de matar al inocente!

4 Si me obedecen, siempre habrá un descendiente de David sentado en el trono aquí en Jerusalén. El rey entrará por las puertas del palacio en carros y a caballo, con su corte de ayudantes y súbditos.

5 Sin embargo, si rehúsan prestar atención a esta advertencia, les juro por mi propio nombre —dice el Señor
—, que este palacio se convertirá en un montón de escombros’”».

6 Mensaje referente al palacio
Ahora bien, esto dice el Señor
con respecto al palacio real de Judá:
«Te amo tanto como a la fructífera Galaad
y como a los verdes bosques del Líbano.
Pero te convertiré en un desierto
y nadie vivirá dentro de tus muros.

Jeremías 22:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 22

This chapter is a prophecy of what should befall the sons of Josiah, Jehoahaz or Shallum; Jehoiakim and Jeconiah. It begins with an exhortation to the then reigning prince, Jehoiakim, his family and court, to do justice, relieve the oppressed, and refrain from doing injury to any; with a promise of prosperity upon so doing, Jer 22:1-4; but, on the contrary behaviour, the king's family, however precious they had been in the sight of the Lord, should be destroyed, by persons described as fit for such work, which would occasion others to inquire the cause of such destruction; when it would be told them, it was for their apostasy from the Lord, their breaking covenant with him, and their idolatry, Jer 22:5-9; then of Shallum, who was then carried captive, it is predicted that he should never return more, which was matter of greater lamentation than the death of his father Josiah, Jer 22:10-12; next Jehoiakim, the present king on the throne, is reproved, and a woe denounced upon him for his injustice, luxury, covetousness, rapine, and murders, Jer 22:13-17; and it is particularly threatened that he should die unlamented, and have no burial, Jer 22:18,19; and then the people of the land are called upon to mourning and lamentation, their kings one after another being carried captive, Jer 22:20-23; also Jeconiah the king's son, and who succeeded him, is threatened with rejection from the Lord, and a delivery of him up into the hand of the king of Babylon, with exile in a strange country, and death there, and that without children; so that Solomon's line should cease in him, Jer 22:24-30.