Because of all this, I am about to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will wipe out all of Jeroboam’s males, both slave and free, in Israel; I will sweep away the house of Jeroboam as one sweeps away dung until it is all gone!
Jeremiah 22:19 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He will be buried like a donkey, dragged off and thrown outside Jerusalem’s gates. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [No] he shall be buried with the burial of a donkey–dragged out and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. American Standard Version (1901) He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. Common English Bible They will give him a donkey’s burial, dragging him outside the gates of Jerusalem and dumping him there. Catholic Public Domain Version He will be buried with the burial of a donkey, having rotted and been thrown out of the gates of Jerusalem. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, rotten and cast forth without the gates of Jerusalem. |
Because of all this, I am about to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will wipe out all of Jeroboam’s males, both slave and free, in Israel; I will sweep away the house of Jeroboam as one sweeps away dung until it is all gone!
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah.
Jehoiakim rested with his ancestors, and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place.
But when they went out to bury her, they did not find anything but the skull, the feet, and the hands.
Now King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked him and bound him in bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
A man may father a hundred children and live for many years. No matter how long he lives, if he is not satisfied by good things and does not even have a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
‘I will ordain four kinds of judgement for them’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land to devour and destroy.
Therefore, this is what the Lord says concerning King Jehoiakim of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his corpse will be thrown out to be exposed to the heat of day and the frost of night.
so you must go and read from the scroll #– #which you wrote at my dictation #– #the words of the Lord in the hearing of the people at the temple of the Lord on a day of fasting. Read his words in the hearing of all the Judeans who are coming from their cities.
They will be exposed to the sun, the moon, and all the stars in the sky, which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshipped. Their bones will not be collected and buried but will become like manure on the soil’s surface.
Then the nations from the surrounding provinces set out against him. They spread their net over him; he was caught in their pit.
You will fall on the open field, for I have spoken. This is the declaration of the Lord God.