Jeremias 22:1

1 Thus saith the Lord; Go thou, and go down to the house of the king of Juda, and thou shalt speak there this word,

Jeremias 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.

Jeremias 22:1 In-Context

1 Thus saith the Lord; Go thou, and go down to the house of the king of Juda, and thou shalt speak there this word,

2 and thou shalt say, Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Juda, that sittest on the throne of David, thou, and thy house, and thy people, and they that go in at these gates:

3 thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and justice, and rescue the spoiled out of the hand of him that wrongs him: and oppress not the stranger, and orphan, and widow, and sin not, and shed no innocent blood in this place.

4 For if ye will indeed perform this word, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, and riding on chariots and horses, they, and their servants, and their people.

5 But if ye will not perform these words, by myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, that this house shall be to desolation.