Jeremiah 22:18 NLT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 22:10-19

Kings, though they are gods to us, are men to God, and shall die like men; so it appears in these verses, where we have a sentence of death passed upon two kings who reigned successively in Jerusalem, two brothers, and both the ungracious sons of a very pious father. I. Here is the doom of Shallum, who doubtless is the same with Jehoahaz, for he is that son of Josiah king of Judah who reigned in the stead of Josiah his father (Jer. 22:11), which Jehoahaz did by the act of the people, who made... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 22:18

Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning Jehoiakim ,.... This shows who is before spoken of and described; Jehoiakim, the then reigning king in Judah, whose name was Eliakim, but was changed by Pharaoh king of Egypt, when he deposed his brother Jehoahaz or Shallum, and set him on the throne, 2 Kings 23:34 ; the son of Josiah king of Judah ; and who seems to have been his eldest son, though his brother Jehoahaz reigned before him; for he was but twenty three years of age when he began... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 22:18

They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! - These words were no doubt the burden of some funeral dirge. Alas! a brother, who was our lord or governor, is gone. Alas, our sister! his Queen, who has lost her glory in losing her husband. הדה hodah is feminine, and must refer to the glory of the queen. The mournings in the east, and lamentations for the dead, are loud, vehement, and distressing. For a child or a parent grief is expressed in a variety of impassioned sentences,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 22:18

Verse 18 The Prophet having inveighed against Jehoiakim, now shews what kind of punishment from God awaited him; he would have otherwise despised the Prophet’s reproof; but when he heard that a reward was prepared for him, he must have been roused. Inasmuch then as he was seized with a foolish and even a sottish lust for glory, so that he cast aside every care for uprightness, the Prophet declares that disgrace was prepared for him; and hence he compares him after his death to an ass. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:1-23

Truth-speaking under difficulties. The prophet is commanded to go down to the king's palace and deliver his prophecies in the royal audience. His mission did not admit of time-serving or evasive utterance. Like that prophet who said to David, "Thou art the man," he had to speak to the king face to face and with great plainness. I. GOD 'S CHILDREN ARE OFTEN CALLED UPON TO WITNESS TO HIM IN DIFFICULT PLACES . In king's courts; in society; in unbelieving homes;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:1-30

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:13-19

Son and father: a sad contrast. A wicked son, Jeheiakim is not only reproached with his wickedness, but reminded of the very different conduct of his honored father. The contrast is very striking, varied, and instructive. It is seen— I. IN THE PARENTAGE OF THE TWO PRINCES . Jehoiakim had the great advantage of being the son of an eminently good father. All the impulse and help that could come from such a fact was his. Josiah, on the other hand, was the son of a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:13-19

A right aim pursued by a wrong and cruel method. I. A RIGHT AIM . What this aim was is indicated in Jeremiah 22:15 . Jehoiakim wanted to be a king. In one sense he was a king, without any effort of his own, for he had succeeded to the position and honors of his father. But very rightly he sought to be reckoned a king by virtue of something more than mere rank. He wished to do something which would mark off his reign as peculiar. He wished something more to be said of him than that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:18

Josiah had been bitterly missed and universally lamented ( 2 Chronicles 35:25 ); and so, only perhaps with less heartiness in most cases, Jehoiakim's other predecessors ( Jeremiah 34:5 ). The Babylonian kings, too, received the honors of public mourning, e.g. even the last of his race, who surrendered to Cyrus, according to the British Museum inscription translated by Mr. Pinches. Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! The Septuagint omits the latter part of this phrase, apparently because it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:18

Exceptional facts in the law of transmission of character. "Concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah King of Judah." The law is that like begets like. It is so physically and mentally to large extent, and morally and spiritually as well. Generally, blessed be God, the children of his servants become his servants too. And, on the other hand, the habit of sin in the parent is reproduced in the child, so that we have criminal classes , hereditary drunkards, profligates, and much else of a... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 22:10-19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 22:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 22:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 22:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:1-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:13-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:13-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:18

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