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Jeremiah 22:19
He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jeremiah delivers this oracle from the LORD concerning King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah. The prophecy is pronounced during Jehoiakim’s reign as a direct response to his rejection of divine instruction.
The words — חֲמ֖וֹר (cha.Mor) literally means “a donkey,” and יִקָּבֵ֑ר (yi.ka.Ver) means “he will be buried.” The phrasing establishes a literal image of a corpse treated like an unclean animal.
The thread — Jeremiah 36:30 extends this judgment by declaring Jehoiakim will have no heir to sit on David’s throne. The motif of denied burial and stripped royal honor parallels the prophetic judgments recorded in 1 Kings 21:23 and 1 Kings 14:10.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that political power cannot override divine decree. It demands acceptance that covenant rebellion results in complete social erasure and political termination.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 36:30 Therefore 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.
- 1 Kings 21:23 And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’
- 1 Kings 14:10 Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!
- 2 Kings 9:35 But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.
- 2 Chronicles 36:6 Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 15:3 I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.
- Jeremiah 36:6 so you are to go to the house of the LORD on a day of fasting, and in the hearing of the people you are to read the words of the LORD from the scroll you have written at my dictation. Read them in the hearing of all the people of Judah who are coming from their cities.