Jeremiah 22:1

1 Thus hath the LORD said: Go down to the house of the king of Judah and speak there 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 hath the LORD said: Go down to the house of the king of Judah and speak there this word,

2 and say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that doth sit upon the throne of David, thou, and thy slaves and thy people that enter in by these gates:

3 Thus hath the LORD said: Execute judgment and righteousness and deliver the oppressed out of the hand of the oppressor and do not deceive, neither steal from the stranger nor from the fatherless nor from the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

4 For if ye effectively obey this word, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house the kings seated by David upon his throne, riding in chariots and on horses, he and his slaves and his people.

5 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, said the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.