Jeremiah 22:20

Translations

Modern

Go up to Lebanon and cry out; raise your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers have been crushed.

Traditional

Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.

Literal

Go up to Lebanon and cry out, and lift up your voice in Bashan, and cry out from Abarim—for all your lovers are destroyed!

Latin

Ascende Libanum, et clama, et in Basan da vocem tuam: et clama ad transeuntes, quia contriti sunt omnes amatores tui.

Original

Hebrew

English

Go up to Lebanon and cry out; raise your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers have been crushed.

Notes

Jeremiah 22:20

Jehoiakim might have thought that nearby nations, like Lebanon and Bashan, would help him during a crisis. They could not, because the Babylonians had already destroyed them.
Bashan was in the region east of the Jordan River.

Jeremiah 22:18–23

God judged Jehoiakim for his terrible sins. Neither his family nor his people would mourn him.

Jeremiah 22:13–23

Egypt put another of Josiah’s sons, Eliakim, on the throne in Jerusalem and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Most of the material in Jeremiah 7–20 was likely written during Jehoiakim’s reign, from 609 to 598 BC. The Lord accused him of being unfaithful and greedy, put him on trial, found him guilty, and sentenced him to death.

Jeremiah 22:10–30

This section presents serious accusations against Josiah's descendants.

Jeremiah 22:1–23:8

This collection of messages to the last kings from David's line in Judah ends with a promise. God will one day appoint a true descendant of David to lead his people.

Theme notes and profiles

Josiah

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Numbers 27:12
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites.
Lamentations 1:2
She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
Ezekiel 23:22
Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will incite your lovers against you, those from whom you turned away in disgust. And I will bring them against you from every side—
Jeremiah 25:17–27
So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me,
Ezekiel 23:9
Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.
Isaiah 20:5–6
Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.
Jeremiah 25:9
…behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.
Jeremiah 30:13–15
There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sores, no recovery for you.
Jeremiah 2:36–3:1
How impulsive you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.
Deuteronomy 32:49
“Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as their own possession.
Lamentations 1:19
I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.
Jeremiah 22:22
The wind will drive away all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Then you will be ashamed and humiliated because of all your wickedness.

Places

Bashan: Region east of the Jordan, known for its fertility Lebanon: A mountainous region known for its cedar trees Mount Nebo: The mountain where Moses viewed the Promised Land

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament) Book of Jeremiah Jehoiakim

Topics

Babylon: Predictions Respecting: Captivity of the Jews By Young Men: General Scriptures Concerning

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