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?
Parallel translations
- 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?
- BSB 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?
- 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 from their hearts like a dead man. I am like broken pottery.
- Hos 8:8Israel is swallowed up. Now they are among the nations like a worthless thing.
- Jer 48:38On all the housetops of Moab, and in its streets, there is lamentation everywhere; for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which no one delights,” says Yahweh.
- Jer 22:30Yahweh says, “Record this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his days; for no more shall a man of his offspring prosper, sitting on David’s throne, and ruling in Judah.”
- Rom 9:21–23Or hasn’t the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
- 1 Sam 5:3–5When the people of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before Yahweh’s ark. They took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
- Jer 17:4You, even of yourself, shall discontinue from your heritage that I gave you. I will cause you to serve your enemies in the land which you don’t know, for you have kindled a fire in my anger which shall burn forever.”
- 2 Sam 5:21They left their images there; and David and his men took them away.
- Matt 1:12–16After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel.
- Jer 15:1Then Yahweh said to me, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people. Cast them out of my sight, and let them go out!
- 2 Tim 2:20–21Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of clay. Some are for honor, and some for dishonor.
- 1 Chr 3:17–24The sons of Jeconiah, the captive: Shealtiel his son,
- Hos 13:15Though he is fruitful among his brothers, an east wind will come, the breath of Yahweh coming up from the wilderness; and his spring will become dry, and his fountain will be dried up. He will plunder the storehouse of treasure.
- Jer 14:18If I go out into the field, then, behold, the slain with the sword! If I enter into the city, then, behold, those who are sick with famine! For both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, and have no knowledge.’”
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