Jeremiah 22:18

"But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness, for shedding innocent blood, for oppression, and for doing violence.”"

Key Reflection

This verse reveals that the leaders' focus was solely on selfish desires, violence, and exploitation, neglecting righteousness and justice. It underscores a profound spiritual failure, highlighting how such wickedness ultimately leads to their downfall and judgment.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Boldly by name is the judgment at length pronounced upon Jehoiakim. Dreaded by all around him, he shall soon lie an unheeded corpse, with no one to lament. No loving relative shall make such wailing as when a brother or sister is carried to the grave; nor shall he have the respect of his subjects, Ah Lord! or, Ah his glory!

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