Jeremiah 24:9

9 I will make them ¹a horror^[a] to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be ²a reproach, ³a byword, ⁴a taunt, and ⁵a curse in all the places where I shall drive them.

Jeremiah 24:9 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 24:9

And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of
the earth for [their] hurt
Jeconiah and the captives with him were only carried into Babylon; but these should be scattered one from another into the several parts of the world. The former were carried captive for their good, and it issued in that; but these were carried away for their hurt, to the injury of their persons and properties, and without having any effect upon them to the good of their souls: though this might begin to be fulfilled by the seventy years' captivity in Babylon, yet it had a more complete fulfilment in the destruction of this people by the Romans; to which these and the following words seem more particularly to refer: [to be] a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places
whither I shall drive them;
their names to be used as a proverb for their riches ill gotten, their falsehood and tricking; and under the curse of God, and the reproach of man, as they are this day; see ( Deuteronomy 28:37 ) .

Jeremiah 24:9 In-Context

7 I will give them a heart to know that I am the Lord, and they shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart.

8 “But thus says the Lord: Like the bad figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten, so will I treat Zedekiah the king of Judah, his officials, the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt.

9 I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a reproach, a byword, a taunt, and a curse in all the places where I shall drive them.

10 And I will send sword, famine, and pestilence upon them, until they shall be utterly destroyed from the land that I gave to them and their fathers. ”

Cross References

• 1. 24:9 See ch. 15:4
• 2. 24:9 ch. 29:18; 49:13; Neh. 2:17; Isa. 43:28
• 3. 24:9 Deut. 28:37; 2 Chr. 7:20
• 4. 24:9 ch. 29:18; 49:13; Neh. 2:17; Isa. 43:28
• 5. 24:9 ch. 25:18; 26:6; 29:22; 2 Kgs. 22:19

Footnotes

• [a] 24:9 Compare Septuagint; Hebrew 'horror for evil'