“Therefore thus says Yahweh
Concerning King Jehoiakim,
The son of King Josiah
Of Judah.
‘They shall not lament for him.
Saying.
‘O my brother!’
Or
‘O sister!’
They shall not lament for him,
Saying.
‘O lord!’
Or
‘O his majesty!’
With the burial of a donkey,
He shall be buried.
He shall be dragged off.
He shall be thrown out
Beyond the gates of Jerusalem.’”
Yahweh, via Jeremiah, was very clear. No one should lament for King Jehoiakim (609-598 BCE), the son of King Josiah (640-609 BCE) of Judah. Do not even mention he was a brother or a sister, or a majestic person. He should be given a burial like a donkey. They should drag him through the streets and throw him out beyond the gates of Jerusalem. He was to have an inglorious end. Obvious Yahweh, via Jeremiah did not like this king that was put on the throne by the Egyptians.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 