Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

General references

Bible References

They

Jeremiah 22:10
Do not weep for the dead or mourn for him,
But weep continually for the one who goes away;
For he will never return
Or see his native land.
Jeremiah 16:4
“They will die of deadly diseases, they will not be lamented or buried; they will be as dung on the surface of the ground and come to an end by sword and famine, and their carcasses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the beasts of the earth.”
2 Chronicles 21:19
Now it came about in the course of time, at the end of two years, that his bowels came out because of his sickness and he died in great pain. And his people made no fire for him like the fire for his fathers.
2 Chronicles 35:25
Then Jeremiah chanted a lament for Josiah. And all the male and female singers speak about Josiah in their lamentations to this day. And they made them an ordinance in Israel; behold, they are also written in the Lamentations.

Ah my brother

2 Samuel 1:26
“I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;
You have been very pleasant to me.
Your love to me was more wonderful
Than the love of women.
2 Samuel 3:33
The king chanted a lament for Abner and said,
“Should Abner die as a fool dies?
1 Kings 13:30
He laid his body in his own grave, and they mourned over him, saying, “Alas, my brother!”

General references

Jeremiah 22:12
but in the place where they led him captive, there he will die and not see this land again.