Therefore, I am about to bring evil on the house of Jeroboam. I will cut off to Jeroboam even one man, bond and free, in Israel. I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns the dung until it is all gone.
Jeremiah 22:19 - Tree of Life Version With a donkey’s burial will he be buried, dragged off and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem. 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. |
Therefore, I am about to bring evil on the house of Jeroboam. I will cut off to Jeroboam even one man, bond and free, in Israel. I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns the dung until it is all gone.
Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became king, and he reigned 11 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebudah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place.
But when they went to bury her, they found no more of her than the skull, the feet, and the palms of her hands.
Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon marched against him and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.
Even if a man should father a hundred children and live many years, however many the days of his years may be, yet his soul is never satisfied with his prosperity and he does not have a proper burial, then I say that it is better for the stillborn than him.
I have appointed over them four kinds” —it is a declaration of Adonai— “the sword to slay, the dogs to drag, the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth to devour and to destroy.
Therefore thus says Adonai about King Jehoiakim of Judah: “He will have no one to sit on the throne of David. Moreover, his dead body will be tossed out to the heat of the day and the frost of the night.
So you go and read in the megillah —which you have written from my mouth, the words of Adonai—in the ears of the people, in the House of Adonai, on a fast day. You should also read them in the ears of all Judah coming from their towns.
They will spread them out to the sun, the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and served, and after which they have walked and sought, and which they have worshipped. They will not be gathered or buried, but will be like dung on the face of the ground.
The nations gathered against him on every side from the provinces. They spread their net over him. He was caught in their pit.
You will fall on an open field, for I have spoken.’” It is a declaration of Adonai.