OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 22:24

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“As I live,” says the LORD, “though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet on my right hand, I would still pluck you from there.

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Verse 24. Jechonias: Joachin, (4 Kennicott. 24:6. Worthington.) or Chenias, who did not take warning by his predecessor’s misfortune.—Ring, or seal, if he were most dear to me, the prime minister of the greatest monarch. Agg. 2:24. Calmet.—Alexander gave his ring to Perdiccas, designating him his successor, or regent. Curt. x.

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