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The memory of Josiah is as sweet as the fragrance of expertly blended incense, sweet as honey to the taste, like music with wine at a banquet.
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He followed the correct policy of reforming the nation and removed the horrors of idolatry.
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He was completely loyal to the Lord and strengthened true religion in those wicked times.
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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.
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They surrendered their power and honor to foreigners,
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who set fire to the holy city and left its streets deserted, just as Jeremiah had predicted.
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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."
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It was Ezekiel who was shown the vision of the divine glory over the chariot and the living creatures.
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