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Childless - No child to sit on David’s throne. See 1 Chronicles 3:17 note.
Jeconiah was the last king of David’s line. Hi…

Write you this man childless. — The meaning of the prediction, as explained by the latter clause of the verse, was fulfil…

The Prophet more fully confirms what I have recently referred to; and the repetition was not superfluous in exclaiming “earth” three times, for as …

Thus says the Lord, write you this man childless
That is, Coniah, or Jeconiah; who though he had children in the cap…

The Jewish state is described under a threefold character. Very haughty in a day of peace and safety. Very fearful at the alarm of trouble. Very mu…

Here, God threatens a sterility that will not even be able to hold on to the fruit of the present prosperity. O earth, earth, earth…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes