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Jeremiah 22:28

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Is, This appears to be the application of the whole discourse to Zedekiah; for it is to be observed, that Jeconiah is spoken of as absent, and already in captivity. Now if he and his seed had been for their sins thrown aside as a broken idol, or as a vessel which a man despises, how could Zedekiah, who copied and far exceeded them, expect to prosper on the throne of David?

Coniah: Jeremiah 22:24

a despised: Jeremiah 48:38; 1 Samuel 5:3-5; 2 Samuel 5:21; Psalms 31:12; Hosea 8:8, Hosea 13:15; Romans 9:21-23; 2 Timothy 2:20-21

his seed: Jeremiah 22:30; 1 Chronicles 3:17-24; Matthew 1:12-16

which: Jeremiah 14:18

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