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Jeremiah 22:2

And say, Give ear to the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, seated on the seat of David, you and your servants and your people who come in by these doors.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gates;   Justice;   Rulers;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jehoiakim;   Nebuchadnezzar;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Justice;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You are to say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, king of Judah, you who sit on the throne of David—you, your officers, and your people who enter these gates.
Hebrew Names Version
Say, Hear the word of the LORD, king of Yehudah, who sits on the throne of David, you, and your servants, and your people who enter in by these gates.
King James Version
And say, Hear the word of the Lord , O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates:
English Standard Version
and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord , O king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David, you, and your servants, and your people who enter these gates.
New American Standard Bible
and say, 'Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, who sits on David's throne, you and your servants and your people who enter these gates.
New Century Version
‘Hear the word of the Lord , king of Judah, who rules from David's throne. You and your officers, and your people who come through these gates, listen!
Amplified Bible
'Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, you who sit on the throne of David—you and your servants and your people who enter by these gates.
World English Bible
Say, Hear the word of Yahweh, king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David, you, and your servants, and your people who enter in by these gates.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And say, Heare the worde of the Lorde, O King of Iudah, that sittest vpon the throne of Dauid, thou and thy seruants, and thy people that enter in by these gates.
Legacy Standard Bible
and say, ‘Hear the word of Yahweh, O king of Judah, who sits on David's throne, you and your servants and your people who enter these gates.
Berean Standard Bible
saying, 'Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David-you and your officials and your people who enter these gates.
Complete Jewish Bible
‘King of Y'hudah occupying David's throne, hear the word of Adonai — you, your servants and your people who enter through these gates.
Darby Translation
and say, Hear the word of Jehovah, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people who enter in through these gates.
Easy-to-Read Version
‘Listen to this message from the Lord , King of Judah. You rule from David's throne, so listen. King, you and your officials must listen well. All of your people who come through the gates of Jerusalem must listen to the message from the Lord.
George Lamsa Translation
Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David, you and your servants and your people who enter by these gates;
Lexham English Bible
And you must say, ‘Hear the word of Yahweh, O king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David, you, and your servants, and your people who enter through these gates.
Literal Translation
and say, Hear the Word of Jehovah, O king of Judah who sits on the throne of David, you and your servants, and your people who enter in by these gates.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& saye: Heare the worde off the LORDE, thou kinge off Iuda that syttest in the kyngly seate off Dauid: thou and thy seruauntes ad ye people, that go in & out at this gate.
American Standard Version
and say, Hear the word of Jehovah, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and say: Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates.
King James Version (1611)
And say, Heare the word of the Lord, O king of Iudah, that sittest vpon the throne of Dauid, thou, and thy seruants, and thy people that enter in by these gates.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And say: Heare the worde of the Lorde thou king of Iuda that sittest in the kyngly seate of Dauid, thou and thy seruauntes, and thy people that goeth in and out at these gates.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and thou shalt say,
English Revised Version
And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou kyng of Juda, that sittist on the seete of Dauid, here the word of the Lord, thou, and thi seruauntis, and thi puple, that entren bi these yatis.
Update Bible Version
And say, Hear the word of Yahweh, O king of Judah, that sit on the throne of David, you, and your slaves, and your people that enter in by these gates.
Webster's Bible Translation
And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter by these gates:
New English Translation
Say: ‘Listen, O king of Judah who follows in David's succession. You, your officials, and your subjects who pass through the gates of this palace must listen to what the Lord says.
New King James Version
and say, "Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, you who sit on the throne of David, you and your servants and your people who enter these gates!
New Living Translation
‘Listen to this message from the Lord , you king of Judah, sitting on David's throne. Let your attendants and your people listen, too.
New Life Bible
Say, ‘Hear the Word of the Lord, O king of Judah, who sits on David's throne, you and your servants and your people who come through these gates.
New Revised Standard
and say: Hear the word of the Lord , O King of Judah sitting on the throne of David—you, and your servants, and your people who enter these gates.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and say - Hear thou the word of Yahweh O king of Judah who sittest upon the throne of David, - thou, and thy servants and thy people who enter in at these gates,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt say: Hear the word of the Lord, king of Juda, that sittest upon the throne of David: thou and thy servants, and thy people, who enter in by these gates.
Revised Standard Version
and say, 'Hear the word of the LORD, O King of Judah, who sit on the throne of David, you, and your servants, and your people who enter these gates.
Young's Literal Translation
Hear a word of Jehovah, O king of Judah, who art sitting on the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people, who are coming in at these gates,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and say, 'Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, who sits on David's throne, you and your servants and your people who enter these gates.

Contextual Overview

1 This is what the Lord has said: Go down to the house of the king of Judah and there give him this word, 2 And say, Give ear to the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, seated on the seat of David, you and your servants and your people who come in by these doors. 3 This is what the Lord has said: Do what is right, judging uprightly, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away: do no wrong and be not violent to the man from a strange country and the child without a father and the widow, and let not those who have done no wrong be put to death in this place. 4 For if you truly do this, then there will come in through the doors of this house kings seated on the seat of David, going in carriages and on horseback, he and his servants and his people 5 But if you do not give ear to these words, I give you my oath by myself, says the Lord, that this house will become a waste. 6 For this is what the Lord has said about the family of the king of Judah: You are Gilead to me, and the top of Lebanon: but, truly, I will make you waste, with towns unpeopled. 7 And I will make ready those who will send destruction on you, everyone armed for war: by them your best cedar-trees will be cut down and put in the fire. 8 And nations from all sides will go past this town, and every man will say to his neighbour, Why has the Lord done such things to this great town? 9 And they will say, Because they gave up the agreement of the Lord their God, and became worshippers and servants of other gods.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hear: Jeremiah 22:29, Jeremiah 13:18, Jeremiah 17:20-27, Jeremiah 19:3, Jeremiah 29:20, 1 Kings 22:19, Isaiah 1:10, Isaiah 28:14, Ezekiel 34:7, Amos 7:16

that sittest: Jeremiah 22:4, Jeremiah 22:30, Jeremiah 17:25, Jeremiah 29:16, Jeremiah 29:17, Jeremiah 36:30, Isaiah 9:7, Luke 1:32

enter: Jeremiah 7:2, Jeremiah 17:20

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 22:10 - the king Nehemiah 13:17 - I contended Isaiah 39:3 - came Isaiah Jeremiah 10:1 - General Jeremiah 21:12 - Execute Jeremiah 34:2 - Go Jeremiah 36:6 - the words Micah 3:1 - Hear Acts 5:20 - stand

Cross-References

Genesis 17:19
And God said, Not so; but Sarah, your wife, will have a son, and you will give him the name Isaac, and I will make my agreement with him for ever and with his seed after him.
Genesis 21:12
But God said, Let it not be a grief to you because of the boy and Hagar his mother; give ear to whatever Sarah says to you, because it is from Isaac that your seed will take its name.
Genesis 22:9
And they came to the place of which God had given him knowledge; and there Abraham made the altar and put the wood in place on it, and having made tight the bands round Isaac his son, he put him on the wood on the altar.
Genesis 22:10
And stretching out his hand, Abraham took the knife to put his son to death.
Genesis 22:12
And he said, Let not your hand be stretched out against the boy to do anything to him; for now I am certain that the fear of God is in your heart, because you have not kept back your son, your only son, from me.
Genesis 22:16
Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son,
Judges 11:31
Then whoever comes out from the door of my house, meeting me when I come back in peace from the children of Ammon, will be the Lord's and I will give him as a burned offering.
Judges 11:39
And at the end of two months she went back to her father, who did with her as he had said in his oath: and she had never been touched by a man. So it became a rule in Israel,
2 Kings 3:27
Then he took his oldest son, who would have been king after him, offering him as a burned offering on the wall. So there was great wrath against Israel; and they went away from him, back to their country.
2 Chronicles 3:1
Then Solomon made a start at building the house of the Lord on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem, where the Lord had been seen by his father David, in the place which David had made ready in the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And say, hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah,.... O Jehoiakim king of Judah, hear the word of the King of kings; listen to it, and obey it, as kings ought to do; and it is for their good, as well as it is their duty, so to do:

that sittest upon the throne of David; whom he mentions, to put him in mind of his illustrious ancestor, whose successor he was, that he might be prompted to follow his example:

thou, and thy servants, and that people that enter in by these gates; the king and his courtiers, his nobles and privy counsellors, that were continually waiting upon him, and were frequently passing and repassing the gates of the palace; for not the gates of the court in the temple are meant, as Kimchi suggests; and all other people, that either waited on or came to the king, upon business, with their suits, and to have their causes heard and tried.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 22:2. O king of Judah - thou, and thy servants — His ministers are here addressed, as chiefly governing the nation; and who had counselled Zedekiah to rebel.


 
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