Jeremiah 22:18 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁸ Therefore thus said יהוה  concerning Yehoyaqim son of Yoshiyahu, sovereign of Yehuḏ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: [Relatives] shall not lament for him, saying, Ah, my brother! or, Ah, sister, [how great our loss! Subjects] shall not lament for him saying, Ah, lord! or Ah, his majesty! or Ah, [how great was] his glory!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! They shall not lament for him, saying Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Therefore, this is what the LORD says to Jehoiakim son of Judah’s King Josiah: They won’t grieve for him, saying, “My brother, my sister!” They won’t grieve for him, saying, “My master, my majesty!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Because of this, thus says the Lord toward Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah: They will not mourn for him by saying, 'Alas,' to a brother, or, 'Alas,' to a sister. They will not make a noise for him and say, 'Alas,' to a master, or, 'Alas,' to a nobleman.

Jeremiah 22:18 Cross References

2 Samuel 1:26

“I am distressed for you, my brother Yehonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wondrous, Surpassing the love of women.

1 Kings 13:30

and he placed his body in his own tomb. And they lamented over him, saying, “Oh, my brother!”

2 Kings 23:36

Yehoyaqim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Yerushalayim. And his mother’s name was Zeḇ

2 Kings 23:6

And he brought out the Ashĕ

2 Kings 24:6

So Yehoyaqim slept with his fathers. And Yehoyaḵ

1 Chronicles 3:15

And the sons of Yoshiyahu: Yoḥ

2 Chronicles 35:25

And Yirmeyahu lamented for Yoshiyahu. And to this day all the singing men and the singing women speak of Yoshiyahu in their lamentations, and made it a law in Yisra’ĕ

2 Chronicles 36:5

Yehoyaqim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Yerushalayim. And he did evil in the eyes of יהוה  his Elohim.

Jeremiah 16:4

“They shall die of deaths from diseases, they shall not be lamented nor be buried, but be like dung on the face of the earth, and be consumed by sword and by scarcity of food. And their corpses shall be meat for the birds of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth.”

Jeremiah 16:6

“Both great and small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried, and no one shall lament for them, or cut themselves, or make themselves bald for them.

Jeremiah 21:11

“And to the house of the sovereign of Yehuḏ

Jeremiah 22:10

Do not weep for the dead, nor mourn for him. Weep bitterly for him who goes away, for he shall never come back nor see the land of his birth.

Jeremiah 22:12

but he shall die in the place where they have exiled him, and not see this land again.

Jeremiah 34:5

‘In peace you are to die, and as in the burnings of spices for your fathers, the former sovereigns who were before you, so they shall burn spices for you and lament for you, saying, “Alas, master!” ’ For I have spoken the word,” declares יהוה.

Jeremiah 36:30

‘Therefore thus said יהוה  concerning Yehoyaqim sovereign of Yehuḏ