Jer 22:18-19 | MHM | STEP | v. 18 : God says that Jehoiakim will not be mourned or honored like the kings before him. His death will be without the usual respect and sorrow from the people. This is the result of a life spent in selfishness and injustice ( Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning Jehoiakim... They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister!... Ah lord! or, Ah his glory! ,.

‏ Jeremiah 22:18-19

v. 18: God says that Jehoiakim will not be mourned or honored like the kings before him. His death will be without the usual respect and sorrow from the people. This is the result of a life spent in selfishness and injustice (Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning Jehoiakim... They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister!... Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!,.

v. 19: Jehoiakim's burial will be shameful, like a donkey dragged out and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem. This disgraceful end shows that outward status means nothing if there is no righteousness. God judges the heart (He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem,.