Jeremiah 34:5

you will die in peace. As spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who preceded you, so people will burn spices for you and lament, ‘Alas, O master!’ For I Myself have spoken this word, declares the LORD.”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Jeremiah delivers a divine oracle to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem, directly answering the prior promise that he will not die by the sword.

The words — The Hebrew תָּמ֗וּת (ta.Mut) declares "you will die," while בְּ/שָל֣וֹם (be./sha.Lom) specifies the manner as "in peace."

The thread — This guarantee of royal funeral rites echoes 2 Kings 22:20 for Josiah and stands in direct contrast to the denied mourning in Jeremiah 22:18 for Jehoiakim.

Why it lands — The text states Zedekiah will escape violent death and receive customary royal lamentations, establishing Yahweh’s absolute authority over the timing and manner of Judah’s final king.

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The Hebrew words

בְּשָׁל֣וֹםbe./sha.Lomin/ peace תָּמ֗וּתta.Mutyou will die וּֽכְמִשְׂרְפ֣וֹתu./khe./mis.re.Fotand/ like/ [the] burnings of אֲ֠בוֹתֶיךָ'A.vo.tei./khafathers/ your הַמְּלָכִ֨יםha./me.la.Khimthe/ kings הָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֜יםha./ri.sho.Nim<the>/ former אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-who הָי֣וּha.Yuthey were לְפָנֶ֗יךָle./fa.Nei./kha<to>/ before/ you כֵּ֚ןkenso יִשְׂרְפוּ־yis.re.fu-people will burnלָ֔ךְLa/khfor <the>/ youוְה֥וֹיve./Hoand/ alas!אָד֖וֹן'a.DonO lord יִסְפְּדוּ־yis.pe.du-they will mournלָ֑ךְLa/khfor <the>/ youכִּֽי־ki-for דָבָ֥רda.Vara promise אֲנִֽי־'a.ni-I דִבַּ֖רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiI have spoken נְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance of יְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehYahweh

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

2 Chronicles 16:14 And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.
Jeremiah 22:18 Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’
2 Kings 22:20 ‘Therefore I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.
2 Chronicles 21:19 This continued day after day until two full years had passed. Finally, his intestines came out because of his disease, and he died in severe pain. And his people did not make a fire in his honor as they had done for his fathers.
2 Chronicles 34:28 ‘Now I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place and on its people.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.
Lamentations 4:20 The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”
Ezekiel 17:16 ‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.
Daniel 2:46 At this, King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, paid homage to Daniel, and ordered that an offering and incense be presented to him.