KJV King James Version
He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
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Jeremiah 22:19
He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.
WEB World English Bible
He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
ASV American Standard Version
He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The burial of an ass—he is buried, Dragged and cast out thence to the gates of Jerusalem.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 22
16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then [it was] well [with him: was] not this to know me? saith the LORD.
17 But thine eyes and thine heart [are] not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do [it].
18 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, [saying], Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, [saying], Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
19 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
20 Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.
21 I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; [but] thou saidst, I will not hear. This [hath been] thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.
22 The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.
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Jeremiah 36:30Therefore 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.1 Kings 21:23-24And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.Jeremiah 36:6Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD’S house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.2 Chronicles 36:6Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.Jeremiah 15:3And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.2 Kings 9:35And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of [her] hands.1 Kings 14:10Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, [and] him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
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