25:27 猶大王約雅斤被擄後三十七年，巴比倫王以未．米羅達元年十二月二十七日，使猶大王約雅斤抬頭，提他出監；
25:28 又對他說恩言，使他的位高過與他一同在巴比倫眾王的位，
25:29 給他脫了囚服。他終身常在巴比倫王面前吃飯。
25:30 王賜他所需用的食物，日日賜他一分，終身都是這樣。
27 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon, he released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison. He did this on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month. 28 He spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat of honor higher than those of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. 29 So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king’s table. 30 Day by day the king gave Jehoiachin a regular allowance as long as he lived.
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《列王紀》用這段作結尾讓人覺得很奇怪，然而這要凸顯的是猶大王約雅斤聽從先知耶利米的話，順服上帝的旨意，以至於保全自己和自己的後代，約雅斤就是耶穌家譜的耶哥尼亞(馬太福音1:11-12)。
可見上帝一直在預備著主耶穌的來到，使救恩得以實現，要不是上帝的保守與計畫，我們是無法享受救贖大恩！我們要為此感謝上帝，歸榮耀給上帝！
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