[[Jer-36]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Jer-35]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Jer-37]] --- ### The king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land, and will cause to cease from there man and animal *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A prediction of the total conquest and desolation of Judah by the Babylonian Empire. *Historical context*: This was historically fulfilled during the Babylonian sieges of Jerusalem under Nebuchadnezzar II, culminating in the destruction of the city and the First Temple in 586 BC, which led to the Babylonian Captivity. *Related to*: ### He will have no one to sit on David's throne. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A prediction that King Jehoiakim would have no successor to establish a lasting or sovereign reign on the throne of David. *Historical context*: Following Jehoiakim's death, his son Jehoiachin reigned for only three months and ten days before being deposed and taken into exile by Babylon. The final king, Zedekiah, was Jehoiakim's brother (son of Josiah) rather than a direct descendant, effectively ending Jehoiakim's specific dynastic line. *Related to*: ### His dead body will be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A prediction that King Jehoiakim would be denied a proper royal burial and his corpse would be left exposed to the elements. *Historical context*: [[Whi|While 2]] [[Kin-24#v6|Kings 24:6]] says he 'slept with his fathers,' scholars and traditions (including Josephus and [[Jer-22#v19|Jeremiah 22:19]]) suggest he died during the Babylonian siege of 598/597 BC and his body was treated with contempt, possibly cast over the city walls or left unburied in the chaos of the invasion. *Related to*: ### I will bring on them, on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A comprehensive prediction that all the previous warnings of disaster given through Jeremiah (from the time of Josiah) would be executed. *Historical context*: This refers to the cumulative 'evil' or judgment of the Babylonian Exile. The destruction was the realization of decades of warnings that the people and the city would be handed over to their enemies due to their persistent idolatry and refusal to repent. *Related to*: --- #ai_prophecy