Jeremiah 22:20

"He will be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”"

Key Reflection

This verse suggests a death that is both ignoble and rejected by society, indicating severe disgrace. Just as a donkey's burial would be outside the city walls, so too will this person's death be marginalized and untended, symbolizing utter rejection and shame.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The third example, Jehoiachin. With him all the best and noblest of the land were dragged from their homes to people the void places of Babylon. The passages -Really, Abarim, a range of mountains to the south of Gilead, opposite Jericho (seeNumbers 27:12;Deuteronomy 32:49). Jeremiah names the chief ranges of mountains, which overlook the route from Jerusalem to Babylon, in regular order, beginning with Lebanon upon the north, then Bashan on the northeast, and lastly Abarim on the southeast. Thy lovers -i.

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