You will diein peace;and as [spices] were burnedfor your fathers,the formerkingswhowere beforeyou, sothey will burn[spices] for you; and they will lamentfor you, "Alas,lord!"'For I have spokenthe word,"declaresthe LORD.
"Therefore,behold,I will gatheryou to your fathers,and you will be gatheredto your gravein peace,and your eyeswill not seeallthe evilwhichI will bringon thisplace."'"So they broughtbackwordto the king.
They buriedhim in his own tombwhichhe had cutout for himself in the cityof David,and they laidhim in the restingplacewhichhe had filledwith spicesof various kindsblendedby the perfumers'art;and they madea verygreatfirefor him.
"Behold,I will gatheryou to your fathersand you shall be gatheredto your gravein peace,so your eyeswill not seeallthe evilwhichI will bringon thisplaceand on its inhabitants."'"And they broughtbackwordto the king.
Thereforethussaysthe LORDin regardto Jehoiakimthe sonof Josiah,kingof Judah,"They will not lamentfor him: 'Alas,my brother!'or, 'Alas,sister!'They will not lamentfor him: 'Alasfor the master!'or, 'Alasfor his splendor!'
"Yethearthe wordof the LORD,O Zedekiahkingof Judah!Thussaysthe LORDconcerningyou, 'You will not dieby the sword.
The breathof our nostrils,the LORD'Sanointed,Was capturedin their pits,Of whomwe had said,"Under his shadowWe shall liveamong the nations."
As I live,'declaresthe LordGOD,'Surelyin the countryof the kingwho puthim on the throne,whoseoathhe despisedand whosecovenanthe broke,in Babylonhe shall die.
ThenKingNebuchadnezzarfellon his faceand didhomageto Daniel,and gaveordersto presentto him an offeringand fragrantincense.
allthe valiantmenroseand walkedallnight,and tookthe bodyof Sauland the bodiesof his sonsfrom the wallof Beth-shan,and they cameto Jabeshand burnedthem there.
