He also did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all 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 eyes 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.
- NASB He did evil in the sight of the Lord, in accordance with everything 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 did evil in Yahweh's sight, following the wicked pattern of Jehoiakim. His persistent rebellion against God set Judah on the path to ruin.
Overview
The narrator's spiritual verdict precedes the political account, showing that Jerusalem's fall was ultimately a moral and covenantal matter, not merely military. Like the kings before him, Zedekiah refused to repent despite Jeremiah's repeated warnings. His unbelief illustrates the human heart's bent toward sin, underscoring the need for the righteous King, Christ, who would do only what pleases the Father.
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Cross-references · 8
- 1 Kgs 14:22Judah did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done.
- Jer 36:21–23So the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll; and he took it out of the room of Elishama the scribe. Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes who stood beside the king.
- Jer 36:29–31Concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah you shall say, ‘Yahweh says: “You have burned this scroll, saying, “Why have you written therein, saying, ‘The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from there man and animal?’”’
- 2 Kgs 24:19–20He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
- 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,
- Jer 26:21–23When Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death; but when Uriah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt:
- Ezek 17:16–20“‘As I live,’ says the Lord Yahweh, ‘surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the middle of Babylon he will die.
- 2 Chr 36:12–13He 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.
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