Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?
Parallel translations
- WEB Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? Is he a vessel in which no one delights? Why are they cast out, he and his offspring, and cast into a land which they don’t know?
- KJV Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
- NKJV “Is this man Coniah a despised, broken idol— A vessel in which is no pleasure? Why are they cast out, he and his descendants, And cast into a land which they do not know?
- NASB “Is this man Coniah a despised, shattered jar? Or is he an undesirable vessel? Why have he and his descendants been hurled out And cast into a land that they had not known?
- NLT “Why is this man Jehoiachin like a discarded, broken jar? Why are he and his children to be exiled to a foreign land?
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Quick answer
The prophet asks why Coniah is cast off like a despised, broken vessel into an unknown land. The question laments the tragic fall of the king and his line.
Overview
The rhetorical questions express grief and astonishment at Jehoiachin's rejection, likened to a worthless, shattered pot thrown away. They invite the hearers to feel the weight of the judgment on the once-honored Davidic king and his offspring. The lament underscores the depth of Judah's tragedy while pressing toward the longing for a King who would not be cast off.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 31:12I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.
- Hos 8:8Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.
- Jer 48:38On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” declares the LORD.
- Jer 22:30This is what the LORD says: “Enroll this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David or to rule again in Judah.”
- Rom 9:21–23Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?
- 1 Sam 5:3–5When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place.
- Jer 17:4And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will burn forever.”
- 2 Sam 5:21There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.
- Matt 1:12–16After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
- Jer 15:1Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.
- 2 Tim 2:20–21A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use.
- 1 Chr 3:17–24The descendants of Jeconiah the captive: Shealtiel his son,
- Hos 13:15Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.
- Jer 14:18If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”
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