Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 34:5

5 But thou shalt die in peace , and with the burnings of thy fathers the former kings which were before thee: so shall they burn odours for thee, and they will lament thee saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word saith the LORD .

This onely place informeth us concerning the manner of Zedekiahs Death, and that both negatively and positively. Negatively, That he did not dye by the Sword, the King of Babylon took him, killed his Sons before his Eyes, then put out his Eyes, and bound him in chains, chap. 39.7. but killed him not, as we learn from this Text, but he died a natural death, which is here meant by dying in peace,

and had an honourable burial, which the King of Babylon would not allow Ieh[illegible: 1 letter]jachim, as we read chap, 22.18. he was buried with the burial of an Ass, and his Body was cast out of the gates of Ierusalem, and no man lamented for him; but as to Zedekiah they burned sweet odors for him, (after the manner of the burial of Kings 2 Chron. 16.14.) and made solemn Lamentation for him. The Jews in their Chronology, called by them Seder Olam, give us the form of their Lamentation thus. Alas! Zedekiah is dead, who drank the dregs of all ages, That is, who was punished for the sins of all former ages.