Jeremiah 22:19
With the burial of an ass shall he be buried, dragged about and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
In Context
Cross References
1 Kings 14:10Therefore, behold, will I bring evil upon the house of Jerobo'am, and will cut off from Jerobo'am every male, [also] the guarded and fortified in Israel; and I will sweep out after the house of Jerobo'am as one sweepeth away the dung till there be nothing left of it.
2 Kings 9:35And they went to bury her: but they found nothing of her but the skull, and the feet, and the palms of the hands.
Jeremiah 15:3And I will appoint over them four species, saith the Lord: The sword to slay, and the dogs to drag away, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy.
Jeremiah 36:30Therefore thus hath said the Lord concerning Jehoyakim the king of Judah, He shall have no one to sit upon the throne of David; and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat in the day, and to the cold in the night.
Ezekiel 39:5Upon the open field shalt thou fall; for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Eternal.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 22:11-20
The Doom of Shallum and Jehoiakim. ( b. c. 590.) 10 Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country. 11 For thus saith the Lord touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more: 12 But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more. 13 Woe unto him that buildeth… Read the whole commentary →