He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
The prophecy names Jehoiakim as the one who would be dragged away and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem, his corpse handled and discarded as the carcass of a donkey is handled and discarded. That end was a burial of disgrace, the reverse of a king laid to rest with honor, for no lamentation and no respect would be given him in death. It was the appointed answer to his reign of oppression, fraud, and violence.
The prophecy names Jehoiakim as the one who would be dragged away and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem, his corpse handled and discarded as the carcass of a donkey is handled and discarded. That end was a burial of disgrace, the reverse of a king laid to rest with honor, for no lamentation and no respect would be given him in death. It was the appointed answer to his reign of oppression, fraud, and violence.