Far worse is the second example. Shallum was no heartless tyrant like Jehoiakim, who lived in splendor amid the misery of the nation, and perished …

Woe unto him that buildeth ... — The prophet now turns to Jehoiakim, and apparently reproduces what he had before spoken …

The Prophet begins here to show that it was inevitable that the king’s palace, as well as Jerusalem, must be destroyed, for their wickedness had re…

Woe unto him that buildeth his house by righteousness, and
his chambers by wrong
This…

Here is a sentence of death upon two kings, the wicked sons of a very pious father. Josiah was prevented from seeing the evil to come in this world…