Then they will [a]answer, ‘Because they (A)abandoned the covenant of the Lord their God and bowed down to other gods and served them.’”

10 (B)Do not weep for the dead or mourn for him,
But weep deeply for the one who goes away;
For (C)he will never return
Or see his native land.

11 For this is what the Lord says regarding [b](D)Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who became king in the place of his father Josiah, who went out from this place: “He will never return there;

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 22:9 Lit say
  2. Jeremiah 22:11 I.e., Jehoahaz

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