Charles Ellicott Commentary Jeremiah 22:4

"For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people." — Jeremiah 22:4 (ASV)

Then shall there enter in ... —The picture of renewed and continued prosperity gains a fresh force, as reproducing the very terms of Jeremiah 17:25. In both the chariots and horses are conspicuous as the symbol of kingly pomp (1 Kings 4:26), just as their absence furnished a topic for the sarcastic taunts of Rabshakeh (Isaiah 36:8), and entered into the picture of the true, peaceful king in Zechariah 9:9-10.