Verse 13
13. Woe unto him, etc. Namely, Jehoiakim. This woe is pronounced because of the ruinous taxation of the people. This was for two objects the payment of the tribute exacted by Pharaoh-Necho, and the building of a magnificent palace for himself. “He lived in splendour in the midst of the people’s misery, and finally perished miserably at the age of thirty-six, so little cared for that his body was cast aside without burial.”
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