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Simba: Oh, I just can’t wait to be king<\/b><\/p>\n

Zazu: You’ve rather a long way to go, young master, if you think<\/span><\/p>\n

Simba: No one saying, “do this”<\/b><\/p>\n

Zazu: Now when I said that, I<\/span><\/p>\n

Simba: No one saying, “be there”<\/b><\/p>\n

Zazu: What I meant was<\/span><\/p>\n

Simba: No one saying, “stop that”<\/b><\/p>\n

Zazu: Look, what you don’t realize<\/span><\/p>\n

Simba: No one saying, “see here”<\/b><\/p>\n

Zazu: Now see here!<\/span><\/p>\n

(The Lion King)<\/span><\/p>\n

The two views of Simba and Zazu mirror the tension between the last kings of Judah and the prophet Jeremiah. These Kings of Judah believed (as did Simba) that being king primarily meant having the ability to use the nation’s resources for the king’s own welfare. On the other hand, Jeremiah thought (as did Zazu) that a king\u2019s task is to use the nation’s resources exclusively for the benefit of the nation. Due to these two different world views, Jeremiah spends an entire chapter (chapter 22) admonishing these kings of Judah.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is one king, however, that Jeremiah does not criticize. During the seething prophecy to King Jehoiakim about his excessive love of money and abuse of the needy, Jeremiah gives compliments to King Josiah, Jehoiakim’s father: \u201cYour father ate and drank, as well as dispensed justice and equity\u2014 then all went well with him. He upheld the rights of the poor and needy\u2014 then all was well. That is truly being dedicated to me \u2014declares the LORD.\u201d\u00a0 We see that in contrast to his attitude toward the other kings, Jeremiah praised King Josiah’s way of running the kingdom, as he was concerned with the welfare of all his citizens. A close reading of these verses teaches us of another positive feature that King Josiah possessed, which also induced Jeremiah’s admiration.<\/span><\/p>\n

We find that in the midst of extolling King Josiah’s acts of justice and charity, Jeremiah mentions that he also ate and drank well. There are other places where routine activities have a place of importance in Jeremiah’s prophecies. For example, in chapter 29, Jeremiah instructs the people to build houses, plant gardens, get married, and to have children during their seventy years of exile. In chapter 15, we find Jeremiah expressing disappointment that he isn’t able to go to the various festive parties and social gatherings.<\/span><\/p>\n

From these prophecies, we see that Jeremiah wanted the people to do justice, give charity, keep Shabbat, pray to God, as well as to enjoy the physical pleasures of life and have normal social interactions with family and friends. Jeremiah believed that the ability to live spiritually and ethically is complemented by having a well-balanced lifestyle. King Josiah was the ruler who successfully combined Simba’s love of life with Zazu\u2019s ideas of restraint, duty and calling. This ability of King Josiah to synthesize these two ideas is what caused him to receive Jeremiah’s lavish praise, even in the chapter of rebuke to the kings.<\/span><\/p>\n

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