the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim One of the most conspicuous acts of Jehoiakim's impiety was the burning of Jeremiah's roll of prophecies (Jeremiah 36), and the way in which evil-doing had made men callous is expressed in the prophet's narrative: -Yet they were not afraid nor rent their garments, neither the king nor any of his servants". So the prophecy of the Lord against Jehoiakim was, -He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David". In another place Jeremiah foretells (2 Kings 22:18-19) the fate which shall befall him. -They shall not lament for him … he shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem". And in another passage, -His dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat and in the night to the frost". The evil and self-indulgent character of Jehoiakim is abundantly set forth in Jeremiah 22:11-17.

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