Here a reason is given for what the previous verse contains. If the Prophet had only said that the king's dead body would remain unburied and cast …

And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their
iniquity
In cutting the…

Those who despise the word of God will soon show, as this king did, that they hate it; and, like him, they would wish it destroyed. See what enmity…

Here, the restoration of the text is described.

1. First, the command to restore the scroll is given: take it again. As writ…