I make a decree] Chald. a decree is made by me. Yet wicked Jehoiakim would not cease to deal amisse in Judah, untill he was buried as an Asse, and had his carkasse made as dung, being cast away unburied. Jeremiah 22:26. and Jeremiah 36:30. speak] If this heathen King, moved by Gods Spirit, would not suffer reproachfull speeches against God unpunished, but made a law and set a penaltie for such transgressours, much more ought all they that professe religion, to take order that such impietie reign not, lest according as their knowledge and charge is greater, so they suffer double punishment. any thing amisse] Chald. errour. cut in pieces] Chald. made pieces. Chap. 2. 5.