Matthew Poole Commentary - Jeremiah 34:5 - 34:5

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Jeremiah 34:5 - 34:5


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This only place informeth us concerning the manner of Zedekiah’s death, and that both negatively and positively. Negatively, that he did not die by the sword, the king of Babylon took him, killed his sons before his eyes, then put out his eyes, and bound him in chains, Jer_39:7, but killed him not, as we learn from this text; but he died a natural death, which is here meant by dying in peace; and had an honourable burial, which the king of Babylon would not allow Jehoiakim, as we read, Jer_22:18,19; he was buried with the burial of an ass, and his body was cast out of the gates of Jerusalem, and no man lamented for him; but as to Zedekiah, they burned sweet odours for him, (after the manner of the burial of kings, 2Ch_16:14) and made solemn lamentation for him. The Jews, in their chronology, called by them Seder Olam, give us the form of their lamentation, thus: Alas! Zedekiah is dead, who drank the dregs of all ages; that is, who was punished for the sins of all former ages.