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Jeremiah 22:9-11
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9 Other people will answer, “He did it because they refused to obey their covenant with the Lord their God. They worshipped other gods instead of him.” ’

A message about King Jehoahaz

10 Do not weep because the king is dead.
    Do not be sad that he no longer lives.
Instead, weep for the king that has gone away.
    He will never return to see his own land again.[a]

11 Josiah's son, Shallum, became king of Judah after his father died. But enemies took him away as a prisoner to a foreign land. The Lord says this about him: ‘He will never return to this land.

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Footnotes

  1. 22:10 King Josiah was the king who had died. He had been a good king. King Jehoahaz was the king that enemies had taken away to a foreign land. Shallum is another name for King Jehoahaz. See 2 Kings 23:31-34; 1 Chronicles 3:15.
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