He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond 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.”
- BSB He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside 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.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Jer 36:30Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
- 1 Kgs 21:23–24And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
- 2 Chr 36:6Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
- 2 Kgs 9:35And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
- Jer 15:3And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
- Jer 36:6Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD’s house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.
- 1 Kgs 14:10Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
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