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After this, God again commands the Prophet to enter the king’s house and convince the king himself and the princes to judge truthfully and pronounce an impartial verdict, take care of those who mourn their widowhood and have lost their fathers, and also to avoid previous wickedness. If they do this, he promises them peace and prosperity, and firmness for the kingdom. Jer.22:5. If you do not create these words, I will swear by myself, saying the Lord: for this house will become a wilderness.” God added an oath to confirm what was said. The words “I swore by myself” indicate the incomparable superiority of the one who swore. For the divine Apostle says: “Before no one has sworn by a great name,” He swore by Me Himself, says the Lord (Heb. 6:13). The Prophet adds this to the threat: (Jer.22:6). “Thus saith the Lord against the house of the King of Judah: Thou art Gilead unto Me the head of Lebanon:” He calls Jerusalem Lebanon; and “Gilead” means the royal palace in it. But in Lebanon there is a country called Gilead; and there is another Gilead in the land of Israel. And I think that now the royal palace, for the wickedness that was dared in it, is likened to Gilead in Lebanon. Therefore, God threatens him with complete desolation. For he says: (Jer.22:7). I will sanctify those who kill 8. The word: “I will sanctify” is used instead of: I will separate. For God says the same thing through the mouth of Isaiah: “sanctify the essence,” that is, set apart, “and I will lead them” (Is. 19:3). And we spoke at length about this in our interpretation of the divine Isaiah. “The husband and his ax, and your chosen cedars will be cut off, and they will be thrown into the fire.” since he mentioned Lebanon, he adheres to the same allegory. And he calls princes who think highly of their strength “cedars.” Then he predicts the desolation of the city, and then, looking at it, they will marvel, and asking about the cause of the disaster, they will find out that the cause was the wickedness of the inhabitants, and that such a judgment from God was pronounced on the city for them. He commands us to cry not for those who have died, but for those who remain alive; because he is displaced and given over to bitter slavery. (Jer.22:11). This says: “The Lord to Sellim the son of Joshin, King of Judah, who reigned in place of Josiah his father: he came out of this place. No one will return this,” (Jer. 22:12) “but in that place, even if he had gone before him, he will die there, and no one will see this land.” By “Sellim” he does not mean Joachim, as some thought, but Johaz; because Jehoahaz reigned in place of his father Josiah; Pharaoh Necho took him captive to Egypt, and Joachim was killed in Jerusalem. And this same Prophet, and the fourth book of Kings, and the second book of Chronicles inform us about this. (Jer.22:13). As one who builds “his house with unrighteousness, and his upper chambers not in judgment.” He is not accused of building houses, but of building unrighteously. The following words also show this. “His neighbor makes him tuna, and does not repay his reward.” ( Jer. 22:14 ) He created “a house for himself” commensurate with 9. It is said: proportionate, not because the house is small, but because its length, breadth and height were proportionate. And what the Prophet attributes to the house and vastness, this makes it possible to see the addition: “The upper rooms are wide with open windows, and cedar vaults, and painted with scarlet.” (Jer.22:15). “Food will reign, as you are encouraged by” cedar? “Cedar” he called Josiah, whose reign was long. He reproaches Sellim, who is also called Jehoahaz, because he imitated the cedar in height, but did not compete with it in the fact that it does not rot, but plotted about the kingdom. And admonishing that God condemns not for building a house, but for wickedness, the Prophet added: Didn't your father eat and drink? But he did justice and righteousness, and it was good for him then. (Jer.22:16) He judged the court of the humble and the poor, and it was good for him then: “Is this not what I know, says the Lord” 10. This is similar to the Gospel word: “Not everyone who looks at Me, O Lord, will enter the kingdom of God, but do the will of My Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 7:21). God said this here too, namely, that to hate injustice and defend the offended is a sign that the one who does this knows God. Jer.22:17. Behold, your eyes are not right, your heart is not good. Then he accuses him of covetousness and murder, and on top of that, of slander, through which he carried out the murders. (Jer.22:18). “For this reason,” says the Lord, “to Joachim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.” After this, the prophecy follows the order of time; for after Jehoahaz reigned Jehoiakim, also the son of King Josiah. The prophet also predicts his death. “They will not mourn for him, woe is my lord!” alas for me brother! they will not mourn for him, for his brother, alas for me brother! (Jer.22:19) “It will not be buried in a tomb,” having rotted like pus, it will be cast out “outside the gates of Jerusalem.” And from this it is clearly clear that Sellim is not Joachim. For it is said that “he will not see the sow land,” but will die in exile. And it is said about this that, like dead donkeys, “he will be cast out outside the gates.” Historical books reveal this more clearly. Then God commands the city to go to Lebanon and Bashan (which are mountains), as well as overseas, to cry out and mourn their misfortunes, because they did not receive any help from idols: they are called “loves” by the Prophet. Jer.22:21. I spoke to you in your fall, and you said: I will not hear. When you sinned, I advised you to free yourself from this delusion, and you did not accept the instruction. “This is your way from your youth, because you did not listen to My voice.” Since ancient times, from the very beginning you have not been subjugated. Jer.22:22. The wind will shepherd all your shepherds; He will save both wicked kings and false prophets. “Your loves will go into captivity;” because even the idols themselves, which were probably silver or gold, were taken by the enemies. “And then you will be ashamed and put to shame by all those who love you,” because they did not provide help. Then the Prophet reminds them of their previous prosperity. Jer.22:23. They also sit in Lebanon, and nest in cedar trees; those. glorious, noble, and respected by everyone. “Arise when illnesses come to you, like those who give birth.” Having added this to the prophecy about Joachim, the Prophet predicts a similar thing for Jeconiah: and he was the son of Jehoiakim, and the grandson of Josiah, after a three-month reign, together with his mother, he was taken captive and ended his life in Babylon. says: “The Lord: if Jehoiachin be the son of Jehoiakim,” king of Judah, the seal is “on my right hand, from there I will tear you out.” (Jer.22:25) “And I will deliver you into the hands of those who seek your life, and into the hands of those who fear their faces, and into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hands of Chaldeans.” because, without imitating the piety of their ancestors, they boasted of kinship with them, pointing to Abraham, Isaac of Israel, David, Hezekiah, Josiah, men famous for virtue; then for this reason the God of all rejects the insolence of Jeconiah, and says: even if it were a ring and placed on My right hand, I will take it away from there and give it to the enemies. Therefore, let him not rely on the virtue of his ancestors if he himself is not jealous of their virtue. Jer.22:26. And I will cast you and your mother, who bore you, into a foreign land, in which you were not born, and there you will die.” He added that they would not return to the land to which they would like to return. It also tells the reason for the punishment. Humiliated and shocked lips - this man 11. Accuses for the frivolous and indiscriminate use of words that show lawlessness. Jer.22:28. Jeconiah was dishonored, as if he were an indecent vessel; for he and his seed were rejected, and cast out into the ground without knowing it. Then, since those who have the gift of words do not listen, he turns his speech to the inanimate earth. Jer.22:29. To earth, to earth, to earth, hear the word of the Lord: (Jer.22:30). “This says the Lord: Write this outcast man, the man who prospers not in his days; for below shall be from his seed a man who will sit on the throne of David, and who will have authority in Judah.” Showed that the kingdom of Judah was at an end; and this word is not false. And let no one point to Zerubbabel: because he did not reign over the people; but he was a people's ruler and military leader. And the Lord, who from him led the race according to the flesh, did not sit on the throne of David, “but above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in the world to come” (Eph. 1:21). Therefore the prediction is not false. According to the translation of the seventy: and “I will bring upon you the murderer of your husband.” According to the Slavic translation, “as it is said, I will build myself a spacious house.” According to the translation of the seventy and the Slavic, both of these verses are read differently. These words are not read according to the translation of the seventy.