Jeremiah 22:24-30
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24 (A) King Jehoiachin,[a] son of Jehoiakim,[b] even if you were the ring I wear as the sign of my royal power, I would still pull you from my finger. 25 I would hand you over to the enemy you fear, to King Nebuchadnezzar[c] and his army, who want to kill you. 26 You and your mother[d] were born in Judah, but I will throw both of you into a foreign country, where you will die, 27 longing to return home.
28 Jehoiachin, you are unwanted
like a broken clay pot.
So you and your children
will be thrown into a country
you know nothing about.
29 Land of Judah, I am the Lord.
Now listen to what I say!
30 Erase the names
of Jehoiachin's children
from the royal records.
He is a complete failure,
and so none of them
will ever be king.
I, the Lord, have spoken.
Jeremiah 24
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Jeremiah Has a Vision of Two Baskets of Figs
24 (A) The Lord spoke to me in a vision after King Nebuchadnezzar[a] of Babylonia had come to Judah and taken King Jehoiachin,[b] his officials, and all the skilled workers back to Babylonia. In this vision I saw two baskets of figs in front of the Lord's temple. 2 One basket was full of very good figs that ripened early, and the other was full of rotten figs that were not fit to eat.
3 “Jeremiah,” the Lord asked, “what do you see?”
“Figs,” I said. “Some are very good, but the others are too rotten to eat.”
4 Then the Lord told me to say:
5 People of Judah, the good figs stand for those of you I sent away as exiles to Babylonia, 6 where I am watching over them. Then someday I will bring them back to this land. I will plant them, instead of uprooting them, and I will build them up, rather than tearing them down. 7 I will give them a desire to know me and to be my people. They will want me to be their God, and they will turn back to me with all their heart.
8 The rotten figs stand for King Zedekiah[c] of Judah, his officials, and all the others who were not taken away to Babylonia, whether they stayed here in Judah or went to live in Egypt. 9 I will punish them with a terrible disaster, and everyone on earth will tremble when they hear about it. I will force the people of Judah to go to foreign countries, where they will be cursed and insulted. 10 War and hunger and disease will strike them, until they finally disappear from the land that I gave them and their ancestors.
Jeremiah 29:1-2
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Jeremiah's Letter to the People of Judah in Babylonia
29 1-2 (A) I had been left in Jerusalem when King Nebuchadnezzar[a] took many of the people of Jerusalem and Judah to Babylonia as prisoners, including King Jehoiachin,[b] his mother, his officials, and the metal workers and others in Jerusalem who were skilled in making things. So I wrote a letter to the priests, the prophets, the leaders, and the rest of our people in Babylonia.
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Jeremiah 29:1-2
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Jeremiah's Letter to the People of Judah in Babylonia
29 1-2 (A) I had been left in Jerusalem when King Nebuchadnezzar[a] took many of the people of Jerusalem and Judah to Babylonia as prisoners, including King Jehoiachin,[b] his mother, his officials, and the metal workers and others in Jerusalem who were skilled in making things. So I wrote a letter to the priests, the prophets, the leaders, and the rest of our people in Babylonia.
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Jeremiah 29:2
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Jeremiah's Letter to the People of Judah in Babylonia
29 1-2 (A) I had been left in Jerusalem when King Nebuchadnezzar[a] took many of the people of Jerusalem and Judah to Babylonia as prisoners, including King Jehoiachin,[b] his mother, his officials, and the metal workers and others in Jerusalem who were skilled in making things. So I wrote a letter to the priests, the prophets, the leaders, and the rest of our people in Babylonia.
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Exodus 17:12
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12 After a while, his arms were so tired that Aaron and Hur got a rock for him to sit on. Then they stood beside him and supported his arms in the same position until sunset.
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Jeremiah 37:1
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King Zedekiah Asks Jeremiah To Pray
37 (A) King Nebuchadnezzar[a] of Babylonia had removed Jehoiachin[b] son of Jehoiakim[c] from being the king of Judah and had made Josiah's[d] son Zedekiah[e] king instead.[f]
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- 37.1 Nebuchadnezzar: See the note at 21.2.
- 37.1 Jehoiachin: Hebrew “Coniah” (see the note at 22.24).
- 37.1 Jehoiakim: See the note at 1.3.
- 37.1 Josiah's: Josiah was the father of both Jehoiakim and Zedekiah. Josiah ruled 640–609 b.c.
- 37.1 Zedekiah: See the note at 1.3.
- 37.1 King Nebuchadnezzar … instead: See 2 Kings 24.10-17.
Ezekiel 17:13
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13 He chose someone from the family of Judah's king[a] and signed a treaty with him, then made him swear to be loyal. He also led away other important citizens,
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- 17.13 someone from the family of Judah's king: Probably King Zedekiah (see 2 Kings 24.17).
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