Boldly by name, the judgment is fully pronounced upon Jehoiakim. Dreaded by all around him, he will soon lie an unheeded corpse, with no one to lam…

They shall not lament for him. —The words contrast the death as well as the life of Jehoiakim with that of Josiah. For hi…

The Prophet, having inveighed against Jehoiakim, now shows what kind of punishment from God awaited him. He would otherwise have despised the Proph…

Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning Jehoiakim This shows who is before spoken of and described; Jehoiakim, the then …

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…