19 He shall be buried, as an ass [a]is buried, even drawn and cast forth without the gates of Jerusalem.

20 ¶ Go up to [b]Lebanon, and cry: shout in [c]Bashan, and cry by the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.

21 I spake unto thee when thou wast in prosperity: but thou saidest, I will not hear, this hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou wouldest not obey my voice.

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Notas al pie

  1. Jeremiah 22:19 Not honorably among his fathers, but as carrions are cast in a hole, because their stink should not infect, read 2 Kings 24:9. Josephus Antiquities 10:8, writeth that the enemy slew him in the city and commanded him to be cast before the walls unburied, see Jer. 36:30.
  2. Jeremiah 22:20 To call to the Assyrians for help.
  3. Jeremiah 22:20 For this was the way out of India to Assyria, whereby is meant that all help should fail: for the Chaldeans have subdued both them and the Egyptians.

19 He will have the burial(A) of a donkey—
    dragged away and thrown(B)
    outside the gates of Jerusalem.”

20 “Go up to Lebanon and cry out,(C)
    let your voice be heard in Bashan,(D)
cry out from Abarim,(E)
    for all your allies(F) are crushed.
21 I warned you when you felt secure,(G)
    but you said, ‘I will not listen!’
This has been your way from your youth;(H)
    you have not obeyed(I) me.

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