2 He followed the correct policy of reforming the nation and removed the horrors of idolatry.
3 He was completely loyal to the Lord and strengthened true religion in those wicked times.
4 All the kings, except David, Hezekiah, and Josiah, were terrible sinners, because they abandoned the Law of the Most High to the very end of the kingdom.
5 They surrendered their power and honour to foreigners,
6 who set fire to the holy city and left its streets deserted, just as Jeremiah had predicted.
7 Jeremiah had been badly treated, even though he was chosen as a prophet before he was born, “to uproot and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow,” but also “to build and to plant.”
8 It was Ezekiel who was shown the vision of the divine glory over the chariot and the living creatures.