Jeremiah 22-24

The words of Jeremiah in chapter 22 span a time of a dozen or so years. God's message of woe to Joahaz and Jehoiachin were surely delivered early in their 3 month reigns. Then after proclaiming nope hope for these three kings Jeremiah speaks of a king who is to come (23:5-6). At the end of verse 6 he even speaks the name of this coming king; Yahweh is our righteousness.  I wonder if there was hope that Zedekiah was that king. Zedekiah's name means "Yahweh is righteous". So Jeremiah's message could have been a refutation of that wicked kings rule. The chronicler summarized his reign with "he sinned against God and did not humble himself to Jeremiah's message." From our perspective in history we know that the one who fulfilled this title was Jesus of Nazareth; our reigning king.
Stuart