Jeremiah 22:30
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“This 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.””
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“This 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.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Thus saith the Lord, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Thus 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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Thus said Jehovah: Write ye this man childless, A man--he doth not prosper in his days, For none of his seed doth prosper, Sitting on the throne of David, And ruling again in Judah!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 22:30 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Chronicles 3:16The successors of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, and Zedekiah.
- Job 18:19He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.
- Psalms 94:20Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
- Jeremiah 10:21For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.
- Jeremiah 36:30Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out and exposed to heat by day and frost by night.
- Matthew 1:11and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
- Luke 1:32He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
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