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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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh speaks through Jeremiah to announce judgment on Jehoiakim king of Judah immediately after the king burns the prophetic scroll warning of Babylon’s invasion.
The words — לָ/כֵ֞ן (la./Khen) translates as "therefore," and כֹּֽה־ (koh-) translates as "thus," structuring the oracle as a direct divine response to the king’s defiance.
The thread — The throne denial aligns with Jeremiah 22:30, and the dishonorable exposure matches the environmental hardship noted in Genesis 31:40.
Why it lands — The text states Jehoiakim will leave no heir to sit on David’s throne and will suffer postmortem exposure, requiring the reader to acknowledge that political power operates under divine oversight.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Therefore thus saith the Lord of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 22:30 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.”
- 2 Kings 24:12 Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.
- Genesis 31:40 As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
- Jeremiah 22:18 Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’