in progress and gives the message Jeremiah gave during that great siege of Jerusalem, where he told the people that God was going to give the city over to the king of Babylon, that there was nothing gained by their resisting the king of Babylon, and if they would surrender to him, God would cause that their lives would be spared. But if they continued to resist that the king of Babylon who was besieging them, they would probably lose their lives; if they resist, at the didn’t very least they would be carried off into captivity. Then the twenty-second chapter, we looked at in some length a little while back and we noticed that in the twenty-second chapter, Jeremiah goes through the kings up to the time the chapter was written. And we noted he beyond doesn’t go King Jehoiakim and he predicts the end of reign. So it is quite Jehoiakim’s obvious that it must be during reign that this chapter was given. We Jehoiakim’s saw that in this chapter he refers back to Josiah. People tended to mourn Josiah’s loss but he for what is got worse things said, “Don’t weep bitterly past, you’ve ahead. weep bitterly for the dead king or mourn his loss, rather weep bitterly Don’t for him who is exiled, he will never of the people were doubtless return.” Some has taken the King Jehoahaz, off into Egypt as thinking, “Pharaoh people’s choice, a come back and deliver us from this bad king Jehoiakim whom prisoner. Oh, he’ll Pharaoh put over But Jeremiah bitterly for him, he will never us.” says, “Weep return or see his native land again.”
in progress and gives the message Jeremiah gave during that great siege of Jerusalem, where he told the people that God was going to give the city over to the king of Babylon, that there was nothing gained by their resisting the king of Babylon, and if they would surrender to him, God would cause that their lives would be spared. But if they continued to resist that the king of Babylon who was besieging them, they would probably lose their lives; if they didn’t resist, at the very least they would be carried off into captivity. Then the twenty-second chapter, we looked at in some length a little while back and we noticed that in the twenty-second chapter, Jeremiah goes through the kings up to the time the chapter was written. And we noted he doesn’t go beyond King Jehoiakim and he predicts the end of Jehoiakim’s reign. So it is quite obvious that it must be during Jehoiakim’s reign that this chapter was given. We saw that in this chapter he refers back to Josiah. People tended to mourn Josiah’s loss but he said, “Don’t weep bitterly for what is past, you’ve got worse things ahead. Don’t weep bitterly for the dead king or mourn his loss, rather weep bitterly for him who is exiled, he will never return.” Some of the people were doubtless thinking, “Pharaoh has taken the people’s choice, King Jehoahaz, off into Egypt as a prisoner. Oh, he’ll come back and deliver us from this bad king Jehoiakim whom Pharaoh put over us.” But Jeremiah says, “Weep bitterly for him, he will never return or see his native land again.”