John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 4. And also for the innocent blood that he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood , etc.] (see 2 Kings 21:16) which cruel usage of the prophets, and servants of the Lord, was still continued; (see Jeremiah 26:21-24), which the Lord would not pardon ; he pardoned the sins of Manasseh, who repented, but not the sins of those persons who imitated him, but repented not; or though he personally pardoned the sins of Manasseh, so that he was saved everlastingly, yet the temporal punishment of the nation for those sins, in which they were involved with him, was not averted.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-7 - If Jehoiakim had served the Lord, he had not been servant to Nebuchadnezzar. If he had been content with his servitude, and true to his word, his condition had been no worse; but, rebelling agains Babylon, he plunged himself into more trouble. See what need nation have to lament the sins of their fathers, lest they smart for them Threatenings will be fulfilled as certainly as promises, if the sinner's repentance prevent not. (2Ki 24:8-20)
Original Hebrew וגם1571 דם1818 הנקי5355 אשׁר834 שׁפך8210 וימלא4390 את853 ירושׁלם3389 דם1818 נקי5355 ולא3808 אבה14 יהוה3068 לסלח׃5545
