Jeremiah 22:29
What does Jeremiah 22:29 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 22:29 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Jehovah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Jehovah.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949O earth, earth, earth, give ear to the word of the Lord!
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Earth, earth, earth, hear a word of Jehovah,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Jehovah!
Context
v.28Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? is he a vessel wherein none delighteth? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into the land which they know not?
v.29This passage
v.30Thus saith Jehovah, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days; for no more shall a man of his seed prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling in Judah.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 32:1
Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
- Micah 6:1
Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
- Deuteronomy 31:19
Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach thou it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
- Micah 1:2
Hear, ye peoples, all of you; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord Jehovah be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
- Jeremiah 6:19
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.
- Isaiah 1:1
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
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