Jeremiah 36:30

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

Footnotes

1. Jeremiah 36:30 This prophecy against King Jehoiakim was literally fulfilled. Several years after these events, the king rebelled against Babylon (II Kings 24:1) and was attacked by numerous bands from various nations subject to Babylon (II Kings 24:2). He thus came to a violent death and a disgraceful burial such as Jeremiah had foretold several chapters before this one (Jer. 22:13-19). There, after a stern and scathing censure of the king, the Lord foretells through his prophet that Jehoiakim will “be buried with the burial of a donkey—dragged out and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem” (Jer. 22:19). How could Jeremiah possibly have foreseen these events except by divine inspiration?