Verse 30
Because Jehoiakim had done this, he would have no descendant to follow him on Judah’s throne. His son Jehoiachin did reign for three months after his father, but Jehoiachin assumed the throne without authorization, and Nebuchadnezzar quickly deported him to Babylon. Furthermore, Jehoiakim would suffer an ignominious death without burial (cf. Jeremiah 22:18-19). He who threw (Heb. hishlik) the scroll into the fire would be thrown (Heb. hushlak) out into the elements. Josiah, in contrast, received an honorable burial (2 Kings 23:30; 2 Chronicles 35:24). Jehoiakim evidently died either in a palace uprising or in a revolt by the people (cf. Jeremiah 22:18-19). [Note: Feinberg, "Jeremiah," p. 609; Graybill, p. 682.]
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