Jeremiah 22:24-30

International Children’s Bible

Judgment upon Jehoiachin

²⁴“As surely as I live,” says the Lord, “I will do this to you, Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah: Even if you were a signet ring on my right hand, I would still pull you off. ²⁵Jehoiachin, I will give you to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And I will hand you over to the Babylonians. Those are the people you are afraid of because they want to kill you. ²⁶I will throw you and your mother into another country. Neither of you was born there. But both of you will die there. ²⁷You will want to come back. But you will never be able to return.”

²⁸Jehoiachin is like a broken pot someone threw away.
    He is like something no one wants.
Why will Jehoiachin and his children be thrown out?
    Why will they be thrown into a foreign land?
²⁹Land, land, land of Judah,
    hear the word of the Lord!
³⁰This is what the Lord says:
“Write this down about Jehoiachin:
    He is a man who is to have no children.
    He will not be successful in his lifetime.
And none of his children will be successful.
    None of his children will sit on the throne of David.
    They will not rule in Judah.”