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Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:10-12

There is a fate worse than that of the dead Josiah. Weep not , in comparison, for him, but weep sore for him that goeth away (or rather, that is gone away ). The king referred to is probably Jehoahaz, who, though two years younger than Jehoiakim, was preferred to him by the people on the death of Josiah. The counsel to "weep sore" for this royal exile was carried out, as Mr. Samuel Cox observes (and we have, perhaps, a specimen of the popular elegies upon him in Ezekiel 19:1-4 ): "A... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:10-12

Fates worse than death. Josiah's death was still fresh in the memory of the people. But their hopes were reviving at the accession of the young Jehoahaz, his son. For three months he reigned in Jerusalem, following the evil and not the good of his predecessor, and "Pharaoh-Nechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem." After appointing Eliakim, another son of Josiah, to reign in his stead, he took the captive prince to Egypt, where he died (... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:10-12

The mistakes of the mourner. Two persons are presented here as furnishing occasions for lamentation. One is Josiah, King of Judah, lately dead; the other is Shallum, his son, just succeeding him, and taken into captivity by Pharaoh-Nechoh, King of Egypt. The prophet, therefore, looks upon his countrymen as sorrowing both for the dead and the living. Moreover, he sees that, in accordance with all the natural tendencies of the human heart, a deeper sorrow is professed for the dead than for... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 22:10-12

In the two foregoing prophecies Jeremiah stated the general principle on which depend the rise and downfall of kings and nations. He now adds for Zedekiah’s warning the history of three thrones which were not established.The first is that of Shallum the successor of Josiah, who probably took the name of Jehoahaz on his accession (see the marginal references notes).Jeremiah 22:10The dead - i. e., Josiah 2 Chronicles 35:25.That goeth away - Rather, that is gone away. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 22:10

Jeremiah 22:10. Weep ye not for the dead This seems to be spoken of King Josiah, killed in battle with the Egyptians: see 2 Kings 23:29-30, concerning whom the prophet here says that he was rather to be rejoiced over than lamented, since, by being taken soon out of life, he escaped the terrible evils which came upon his country. But weep sore for him that goeth away, for he shall return no more Namely, Jehoahaz, who was carried captive into Egypt by Pharaoh-necho, and never more returned... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 22:10-12

Concerning Shallum (22:10-12)Jehoahaz, also known as Shallum, was made king by the people of Judah after his father Josiah was killed in battle. But after reigning three months, he was deposed and taken prisoner to Egypt (2 Kings 23:29-34). Jeremiah says that the people should mourn more for Shallum than for Josiah. At least Josiah died a hero on the battlefield, but Shallum will die a captive in a foreign land (10-12). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 22:10

the dead: i.e. Josiah. him: i.e. Jehoiachin. weep sore = weep ye, weep on. Figure of speech Polyptoton. App-6 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 22:10

"Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him; but weep sore for him that goeth away; for he shall return no more, nor see his native country. For thus saith Jehovah touching Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and went forth out of his place: He shall not return thither any more; but in the place where they have led him captive, there shall he die, and he shall see this land no more."These words, of course, apply to the brief period following the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 22:10-12

Jeremiah 22:10-12. Weep ye not for the dead— "Weep not for Josiah, for he is buried in peace, and taken away from the evil to come; but rather lament his successor Jehoahaz (who is here called Shallum), whom Pharaoh Necho hath carried captive into Egypt, whence he shall never return." It is not easy to conjecture why he is called Shallum. Some suppose, that this name was given him by way of reproach, because of the shortness of his reign, in which he resembled king Shallum, mentioned 2 Kings... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 22:10

10, 11. Weep . . . not for—that is, not so much for Josiah, who was taken away by death from the evil to come (2 Kings 22:20; Isaiah 57:1); as for Shallum or Jehoahaz, his son (Isaiah 57:1- :), who, after a three months' reign, was carried off by Pharaoh-necho into Egypt, never to see his native land again (Isaiah 57:1- :). Dying saints are justly to be envied, while living sinners are to be pitied. The allusion is to the great weeping of the people at the death of Josiah, and on each... read more

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