Jeremiah called on the land of Judah to hear a very important prophecy from God. The threefold repetition of “land” indicates how important it was for the people of the land to listen. In Verse 30 The Lord promised that because of his extreme wickedness none of King Coniah’s descendants would sit on Judah’s throne. It was a shame and a disgrace for a king to have no son to succeed him. Coniah had seven sons but none of them ruled as Davidic kings. Zerubbabel, his grandson returned to the land as one of the foremost leaders of the restoration community, but he was not a king. “Though the succession to the throne failed in Coniah’s line, still the promise to David that a king from his loins (Christ) would rule forever (Ps. 89:30-37). This promise was recovered in Zerubbabel and realized in Christ. This is part of why Jesus was born of a virgin to circumvent the family line of Coniah of which Joseph was a part of, plus He had to be born of the Holy Spirit to be sinless. God always keeps His Promises.
O land, land, land, hear the word of the Lord! (Jeremiah 22:29)
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