"And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah... that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison; and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, and changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life. And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life" (2 Kings 25:27-30).
What a lovely portrait here
In Jehoiachin we see
In the thirty-seventh year
Of his long captivity.
Scripture doesn't tell us why
His prison term had ended.
The writer does not testify
Just why he was befriended.
We only know a king arranged
To lift him out of prison
His prison garments then were changed,
And daily his provision.
This kindly king of Babylon,
That lifted up his head,
Could have left him just go on,
But set him free instead.
Does it seem that this behavior
Towards Jehoiachin
Reflects the kindness of our Savior
Who rescued us from sin?
It doesn't stretch imagination
To see Christ here reflected.
Oh, what a picture of salvation
And grace in us perfected!
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