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Then they will answer, “Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.”

10 Do not weep for the dead nor bemoan him,
    but weep constantly for him who goes away;
for he will return no more
    nor see his native country.

11 For thus says the Lord concerning Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, who became king instead of Josiah his father, who went from this place: He will not return any more,

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