Zedekiah did what the Lord said was wrong, just as Jehoiakim had done.
Amon did what the Lord said was wrong, as his father Manasseh had done.
Jehoiakim did what the Lord said was wrong, just as his ancestors had done.
Zedekiah did what the Lord his God said was wrong. The prophet Jeremiah spoke messages from the Lord, but Zedekiah did not obey.
“ ‘But the bad figs are too rotten to eat.’ So this is what the Lord says: ‘Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and all the people from Jerusalem who are left alive, even those who live in Egypt, will be like those rotten figs.
“ ‘You unclean and evil leader of Israel, you will be killed! The time of your final punishment has come.