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Complete Jewish Bible

Jeremiah 22:1

Adonai said, "Go down to the house of the king of Y'hudah and there speak this word:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Justice;   Rulers;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jehoiakim;   Nebuchadnezzar;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Maktesh;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
This is what the Lord says: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and announce this word there.
Hebrew Names Version
Thus said the LORD: Go down to the house of the king of Yehudah, and speak there this word,
King James Version
Thus saith the Lord ; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
English Standard Version
Thus says the Lord : "Go down to the house of the king of Judah and speak there this word,
New American Standard Bible
This is what the LORD says: "Go down to the house of the king of Judah and there speak this word,
New Century Version
This is what the Lord says: "Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and prophesy this message there:
Amplified Bible
Thus says the LORD, "Go down to the house of the king of Judah and speak this word there:
World English Bible
Thus said Yahweh: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus said the Lorde, Goe downe to the house of the King of Iudah, and speake there this thing,
Legacy Standard Bible
Thus says Yahweh, "Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and there you shall speak this word
Berean Standard Bible
This is what the LORD says: "Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and proclaim this message there,
Contemporary English Version
The Lord sent me to the palace of the king of Judah to speak to the king, his officials, and everyone else who was there. The Lord told me to say: I am the Lord , so pay attention! You have been allowing people to cheat, rob, and take advantage of widows, orphans, and foreigners who live here. Innocent people have become victims of violence, and some of them have even been killed. But now I command you to do what is right and see that justice is done. Rescue everyone who has suffered from injustice.
Darby Translation
Thus saith Jehovah: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord said, "Jeremiah, go down to the king's palace. Go to the king of Judah and tell this message there:
George Lamsa Translation
THUS says the LORD: GO down to the house of the king of Judah and speak there this word, and say,
Good News Translation
The Lord told me to go to the palace of the king of Judah, the descendant of David, and there tell the king, his officials, and the people of Jerusalem to listen to what the Lord had said:
Lexham English Bible
Thus says Yahweh: "Go down to the house of the king of Judah and you must speak this word there.
Literal Translation
So says Jehovah, Go down to the house of the king of Judah and speak this Word there,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus sayde the LORDE also: Go downe in to the house of the kinge off Iuda, and speake there these wordes,
American Standard Version
Thus said Jehovah: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
Bible in Basic English
This is what the Lord has said: Go down to the house of the king of Judah and there give him this word,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thus said the LORD: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
King James Version (1611)
Thus saith the Lord, Goe downe to the house of the king of Iudah, and speake there this word,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thus saith the Lord: Go downe into the house of the kyng of Iuda, and speake there these wordes,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thus saith the Lord; Go thou, and go down to the house of the king of Juda, and thou shalt speak there this word,
English Revised Version
Thus said the LORD: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord seith these thingis, Go thou doun in to the hous of the kyng of Juda, and thou schalt speke there this word, and schalt seie,
Update Bible Version
Thus said Yahweh: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
Webster's Bible Translation
Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
New English Translation
The Lord told me, "Go down to the palace of the king of Judah. Give him a message from me there.
New King James Version
Thus says the LORD: "Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and there speak this word,
New Living Translation
This is what the Lord said to me: "Go over and speak directly to the king of Judah. Say to him,
New Life Bible
The Lord says, "Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak this word there.
New Revised Standard
Thus says the Lord : Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus, said Yahweh, Go thou down to the house of king of Judah, and speak thou there this word,
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus saith the Lord: Go down to the house of the king of Juda, and there thou shalt speak this word,
Revised Standard Version
Thus says the LORD: "Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
Young's Literal Translation
Thus said Jehovah, `Go down [to] the house of the king of Judah, and thou hast spoken there this word, and hast said,
THE MESSAGE
God 's orders: "Go to the royal palace and deliver this Message. Say, ‘Listen to what God says, O King of Judah, you who sit on David's throne—you and your officials and all the people who go in and out of these palace gates. This is God 's Message: Attend to matters of justice. Set things right between people. Rescue victims from their exploiters. Don't take advantage of the homeless, the orphans, the widows. Stop the murdering!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Thus says the LORD, "Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and there speak this word

Contextual Overview

1 Adonai said, "Go down to the house of the king of Y'hudah and there speak this word: 2 ‘King of Y'hudah occupying David's throne, hear the word of Adonai — you, your servants and your people who enter through these gates. 3 This is what Adonai says: "Do what is right and just; rescue the wronged from their oppressors; do nothing wrong or violent to the stranger, orphan or widow; don't shed innocent blood in this place. 4 "‘"If you are careful to do this, then future kings occupying David's throne will enter these palace gates riding in chariots and on horses — he, his servants and his people. 5 But if you will not pay attention to these words, then I swear by myself," says Adonai , "that this palace will become a ruin."' 6 "For here is what Adonai says concerning the palace of the king of Y'hudah: ‘You are like Gil‘ad to me, like the peak of the L'vanon; yet I will turn you into a desert, uninhabited cities. 7 I will designate men to destroy you, each one with his weapons; they will chop down your choice cedars and throw them in the fire.' 8 "Many nations will pass by this city, and they will say to one another, ‘Why has Adonai done such a thing to this great city?' 9 The answer will be, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of Adonai their God and worshipped other gods, serving them.'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am cir, 3406, bc cir, 598

Go: Jeremiah 21:11, Jeremiah 34:2, 1 Samuel 15:16-23, 2 Samuel 12:1, 2 Samuel 24:11, 2 Samuel 24:12, 1 Kings 21:18-20, 2 Chronicles 19:2, 2 Chronicles 19:3, 2 Chronicles 25:15, 2 Chronicles 25:16, 2 Chronicles 33:10, Hosea 5:1, Amos 7:13, Mark 6:18, Luke 3:19, Luke 3:20

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 22:10 - the king Isaiah 7:3 - Go forth Isaiah 39:3 - came Isaiah Jeremiah 1:18 - against Jeremiah 7:2 - Stand Zechariah 11:17 - Woe Acts 5:20 - stand

Cross-References

Genesis 22:7
Yitz'chak spoke to Avraham his father: "My father?" He answered, "Here I am, my son." He said, "I see the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?"
Genesis 22:11
But the angel of Adonai called to him out of heaven: "Avraham? Avraham!" He answered, "Here I am."
Genesis 22:12
He said, "Don't lay your hand on the boy! Don't do anything to him! For now I know that you are a man who fears God, because you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me."
Genesis 22:14
Avraham called the place Adonai Yir'eh [ Adonai will see (to it), Adonai provides] — as it is said to this day, "On the mountain Adonai is seen."
Exodus 3:4
When Adonai saw that he had gone over to see, God called to him from the middle of the bush, "Moshe! Moshe!" He answered, "Here I am."
Exodus 16:4
Adonai said to Moshe, "Here, I will cause bread to rain down from heaven for you. The people are to go out and gather a day's ration every day. By this I will test whether they will observe my Torah or not.
Deuteronomy 8:2
You are to remember everything of the way in which Adonai led you these forty years in the desert, humbling and testing you in order to know what was in your heart — whether you would obey his mitzvot or not.
Deuteronomy 8:16
who fed you in the desert with man, unknown to your ancestors; all the while humbling and testing you in order to do you good in the end —
Deuteronomy 13:3
and the sign or wonder comes about as he predicted when he said, ‘Let's follow other gods, which you have not known; and let us serve them,'
Judges 2:22
This is how I will test Isra'el, to see whether or not they will keep the way of Adonai , living according to it, as their ancestors did."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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" x; so he said to me years ago; which agrees with what is now delivered.

x כה אמר "haec dixit", Grotius; "sic dixit", Schmidt.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Go down - i. e., from the temple to the king’s house. Compare 2 Chronicles 23:20.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXII

This section of prophecy, extending to the end of the eighth

verse of the next chapter, is addressed to the king of Judah

and his people. It enjoins on them the practice of justice and

equity, as they would hope to prosper, 14;

but threatens them, in case of disobedience, with utter

destruction, 5-9.

The captivity of Shallum, the son of Josiah, is declared to be

irreversible, 10-12;

and the miserable and unlamented end of Jeconiah,

contemptuously called Coniah, is foretold, 13-19.

His family is threatened with the like captivity, and his seed

declared to be for ever excluded from the throne, 20-30.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXII

Verse Jeremiah 22:1. Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word — This is supposed by Dahler to have been published in the first year of the reign of Zedekiah.


 
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