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1.1 KiB
Is this a despised and shattered vessel? ... did not know?
It is not clear who is speaking in verse 28.
Is this a despised and shattered vessel? Is this man Jehoiachin a pot that pleases no one?
Jehoiachin is spoken of as a pot that was completely worthless and not liked by anyone. The questions emphasize that he has no value or friends. Alternate translation: "Jehoiachin is as useless as a broken vessel and no one is happy with him." (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion)
Why have they thrown him and his descendants out, and have poured them out into a land that they did not know?
This rhetorical question explains what will happen to the worthless Jehoiachin. Alternate translation: "Therefore the enemy will remove Jehoiachin and his family from the land and take them to a foreign land." (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion)
have poured them out
Jehoiachin and his descendants are spoke of as if they had been poured out in another country like garbage from a vessel. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)