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?
Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? Coniah was idolized once by the Jews; Jeremiah therefore, in their person, expresses their astonishment at one from whom so much had been expected being now so utterly cast aside.
A vessel wherein is no pleasure - (Psalms 31:12, "I am like a broken vessel;" Hosea 8:8. "Israel ... shall be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure"). The answer to this is given Romans 9:20-23 (contrast 2 Timothy 2:21).
His seed - (see note, Jeremiah 22:29).