The Faces of Zedekiah

During Jerusalem’s waning years, the officials of king Zedekiah threw one of the cities’ few righteous men into a deep, dark, ineffective cistern. As it turns out, the cistern that served as Jeremiah’s prison also served as an excellent metaphor for the king’s psychological state. Throughout Jeremiah chapters 37-38, Zedekiah wears a number of “faces,” all revealing his weakness as a leader over God’s people.