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(A)And they will answer, “Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God and worshipped other gods and served them.”’”

10 (B)Weep not for him who is dead,
    nor grieve for him,
(C)but weep bitterly for him who goes away,
    for he shall return no more
    to see his native land.

Message to the Sons of Josiah

11 For thus says the Lord concerning Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and (D)who went away from this place: “He shall return here no more,

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