Jeremiah 22:24-30
Jeconiah (Coniah) cursed to be childless on the throne, a puzzle Matthew resolves by tracing Jesus through Joseph's legal line only.
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22:24As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;
22:25And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
22:26And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.
22:27But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.
22:28Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
22:29O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
22:30Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
Fulfillment References
Matthew 1:12 Luke 3:27 Jeremiah 22:30
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