Reference

Jeremiah 22:18

Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
16

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord.

17

But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

18

Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

19

He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

20

Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.

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While the lamentation itself is a concrete action, the *lack* of lamentation is an absence, which could be interpreted metaphorically as a complete rejection or disgrace rather than a strictly literal absence of any mourning.

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The verse describes a prophetic message delivered by God concerning Jehoiakim's future, but it does not describe *how* that message was communicated to Jeremiah. The phrase "thus saith the Lord" indicates the divine origin of the message, not the method of its reception by the prophet.