Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Is 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?

Bible References

A despised

Jeremiah 48:38
On all the housetops in Moab and in all its public squares there will be nothing but mourning. For I will break Moab like an unwanted jar. I, the Lord, affirm it!
1 Samuel 5:3
When the residents of Ashdod got up early the next day, Dagon was lying on the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and set him back in his place.
2 Samuel 5:21
The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men picked them up.
Psalm 31:12
I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar.
Hosea 8:8
Israel will be swallowed up among the nations; they will be like a worthless piece of pottery.
Hosea 13:15
Even though he flourishes like a reed plant, a scorching east wind will come, a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert. As a result, his spring will dry up; his well will become dry. That wind will spoil all his delightful foods in the containers in his storehouse.
Romans 9:21
Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?
2 Timothy 2:20
Now in a wealthy home there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also ones made of wood and of clay, and some are for honorable use, but others for ignoble use.

His seed

Jeremiah 22:30
The Lord says, "Enroll this man in the register as though he were childless. Enroll him as a man who will not enjoy success during his lifetime. For none of his sons will succeed in occupying the throne of David or ever succeed in ruling over Judah."
1 Chronicles 3:17
The sons of Jehoiachin the exile: Shealtiel his son,
Matthew 1:12
After the deportation to Babylon, Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,

Which

Jeremiah 14:18
If I go out into the countryside, I see those who have been killed in battle. If I go into the city, I see those who are sick because of starvation. For both prophet and priest go about their own business in the land without having any real understanding.'"

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