A curse will be taken up about them by all the captives of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, ‘The LORD make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;’
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 22. Curse. verse 18. The malediction which has befallen the Jews, “overtake thee.” Worthington.—Fire, in frying-pans, (see 2 Maccabees 7:5) or cauldrons of boiling oil. This death shews that these were not the infamous judges who tempted Susanna, ( Calmet.) as the Jews quoted by ( Bible.) S. Jerom, Salien, and so forth would infer from verse 23 and Daniel 13:57. They were stoned to death by the people. ib. 62. Calmet.—Yet the king might order their dead bodies to be cut in two and burnt, to express his horror of their wicked conduct. Daniel 13:55. 59. Bible.