Jeremiah 22:1
This is what the Lord has said: Go down to the house of the king of Judah and there give him this word,
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:1And the Lord sent Nathan to David. And Nathan came to him and said, There were two men in the same town: one a man of great wealth, and the other a poor man.
1 Kings 21:18Go down to Ahab, king of Israel, in Samaria; see, he is in the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite, where he has gone to take it as his heritage.
2 Chronicles 25:15And so the wrath of the Lord was moved against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him, who said, Why have you gone after the gods of the people who have not given their people salvation from your hands?
Jeremiah 21:11About the family of the king of Judah. Give ear to the word of the Lord;
Hosea 5:1Give ear to this, O priests; give attention, O Israel, and you, family of the king; for you are to be judged; you have been a deceit at Mizpah and a net stretched out on Tabor.
Mark 6:18For John said to Herod, It is wrong for you to have your brother's wife.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 22:1
Upon occasion of the message sent in the foregoing chapter to the house of the king, we have here recorded some sermons which Jeremiah preached at court, in some preceding reigns, that it might appear they had had fair warning long before that fatal sentence was pronounced upon them, and were put in a way to prevent it. Here is, I. A message sent to the royal family, as it should seem in the reign of Jehoiakim, relating partly to Jehoahaz, who was carried away captive into Egypt, and partly to Jehoiakim, who… Read the whole commentary →