He did evil in the sight of the Lord, in accordance with everything that Jehoiakim had done.
Parallel translations
- WEB He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
- KJV And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
- BSB And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.
- NKJV He also did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
- NLT But Zedekiah did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, just as Jehoiakim had done.
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Quick answer
Zedekiah does evil in the Lord's sight as Jehoiakim had done. The last king repeats the sins that doomed the nation.
Overview
Despite witnessing Babylon's power and Jeremiah's warnings, Zedekiah persists in evil. His unfaithfulness, including breaking his oath to Babylon, brings final ruin. The verse confirms that Judah's destruction results from unrepentant, persistent rebellion against God.
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Cross-references · 5
- 2 Kgs 23:37He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that his fathers had done.
- 2 Chr 36:12He did that which was evil in Yahweh his God’s sight. He didn’t humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from Yahweh’s mouth.
- Jer 24:8“‘As the bad figs, which can’t be eaten, they are so bad,’ surely Yahweh says, ‘So I will give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the remnant of Jerusalem, who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt.
- Jer 37:1–21Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king, instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
- Ezek 21:25“‘You, deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,
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