“Thus saith the Lord, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.”
The final decree—that no offspring of Coniah will sit on David's throne, that none of his offspring will succeed as king in Judah—announces the end of the dynasty. The writing down of the man as childless despite having children suggests that spiritually and politically, he will have no heirs to the throne. The finality of the judgment—that God has spoken—closes the chapter with the irrevocable end of a dynasty. The historical Jehoiachin actually did have children, but none became king, fulfilling this prophecy literally.
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