He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.
Parallel translations
- WEB He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”
- KJV He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
- NKJV He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, Dragged and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
- NASB “He will be buried with a donkey’s burial, Dragged off and thrown out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
- NLT He will be buried like a dead donkey— dragged out of Jerusalem and dumped outside the gates!
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Quick answer
Jehoiakim will receive the burial of a donkey, dragged out and cast beyond the city gates. His end will be utterly dishonorable.
Overview
To be buried like a donkey, dragged off and dumped outside the gates without proper rites, was the ultimate humiliation for a king. This prophecy of dishonor fits the pattern of judgment on a ruler who despised God's law. The contrast between his self-glorifying ambitions and his shameful end vividly illustrates that those who exalt themselves through wickedness will be brought low.
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Cross-references · 7
- Jer 36:30Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out and exposed to heat by day and frost by night.
- 1 Kgs 21:23–24And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’
- 2 Chr 36:6Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
- 2 Kgs 9:35But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.
- Jer 15:3I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.
- Jer 36:6so you are to go to the house of the LORD on a day of fasting, and in the hearing of the people you are to read the words of the LORD from the scroll you have written at my dictation. Read them in the hearing of all the people of Judah who are coming from their cities.
- 1 Kgs 14:10Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!
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