Jer 22:28-30 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Jer 22:28-30: 22:28-30 This poem, a taunt directed at Jehoiachin, included two rhetorical questions with the expected answer, “I don’t know.” However, Jehoiachin’s sins and those of his forefathers were the reasons for his fate. Still, the people of Jerusalem seemed unwilling to accept the justice of his exile.

a22:28-30►

dDeut 30:19►

eIsa 1:2►

g1 Chr 3:17►

‏ Jeremiah 22:28-30

Summary for Jer 22:28-30: 22:28-30 ^a This poem, a taunt directed at Jehoiachin, included two rhetorical questions with the expected answer, “I don’t know.” However, Jehoiachin’s sins and those of his forefathers were the reasons for his fate. Still, the people of Jerusalem seemed unwilling to accept the justice of his exile.
22:29 ^b O earth: Faithful nature is called as a witness in God’s case against his faithless people (see also 6:19 ^c; Deut 30:19 ^d; Isa 1:2 ^e).
22:30 ^f Although Jehoiachin had seven sons (see 1 Chr 3:17 ^g), he was called childless because none of them ever sat on the throne of Judah. His uncle Zedekiah later reigned as king of Judah, but many Israelites regarded Jehoiachin as the last legitimate king of David’s dynasty (see study note on Ezek 1:2).