And the answer will be: ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God and have worshiped and served other gods.(A)’”

10 Do not weep for the dead(B) king or mourn(C) his loss;
    rather, weep bitterly for him who is exiled,
because he will never return(D)
    nor see his native land again.

11 For this is what the Lord says about Shallum[a](E) son of Josiah, who succeeded his father as king of Judah but has gone from this place: “He will never return.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 22:11 Also called Jehoahaz

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