Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 29:22

22 And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah, which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah, and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon rosted in the fire .

As false Teachers are of the highest sort of Transgressors, speaking lies in the name and under pretence of the Authority of the God of Truth: So God in his providence ordinarily makes them the greatest examples of his vengeance. God threatneth to bring them to an end that should turn into a proverb, that when men had a mind to curse others, wishing them the greatest evils, they should pray to God to make them like Ahab and Zedekiah, whom the King of Babylon burnt, or roasted in the fire, the word [non-Latin text not transcribed] signifieth both, Levit. 2.14. and roasting signifieth only to burn by degrees, which probably was the specifical punishment of these two false Prophets, for we learn from the instance of the three children, Dan. 3.19. That the consuming of persons slowly in a fiery Furnace, was a kind of punishment in use amongst the Chaldaeans.

Marginal references: See Gen. 4[illegible: 2 letters]20.