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!

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Bible References

They

Jeremiah 22:10
Do not weep for the dead;
do not mourn for him.
Weep bitterly for the one who has gone away,
for he will never return again
and see his native land.
Jeremiah 16:4
They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried but will be like manure on the face of the earth. They will be finished off by sword and famine. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land.
2 Chronicles 21:19
This continued day after day until two full years passed. Then his intestines came out because of his disease, and he died from severe illnesses. But his people did not hold a fire in his honor like the fire in honor of his fathers.
2 Chronicles 35:25
Jeremiah chanted a dirge over Josiah, and all the singing men and singing women still speak of Josiah in their dirges to this very day. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Dirges.

Ah my brother

2 Samuel 1:26
I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother.
You were such a friend to me.
Your love for me was more wonderful
than the love of women.
2 Samuel 3:33
and the king sang a lament for Abner:

Should Abner die as a fool dies?
1 Kings 13:30
Then he laid the corpse in his own grave, and they mourned over him: “Oh, my brother!”

General references

Jeremiah 22:12
but he will die in the place where they deported him, never seeing this land again.”

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