Thematic Bible: The evil reign of
Thematic Bible
Zedekiah » Made king of judah by nebuchadnezzar » The evil reign of
And he did that which was evil in the sight of LORD his God. He did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet [speaking] from the mouth of LORD. And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning to LORD, the God of Israel.
But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, hearkened to the words of LORD, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.
And Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews who have fallen away to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they abuse me.
And he did that which was evil in the sight of LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. For it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah through the anger of LORD, until he had cast them out from his presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
And Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand, for the king is not he who can do anything against you.
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shall not die. But if the rulers hear that I have talked with thee, and they come to thee, and say to thee, Declare to us now what thou have said to the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death, also what the king said to thee then thou shall say to them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house to die there.
And he did that which was evil in the sight of LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.