And the answer will be: “Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God and have worshipped and served other gods.”’

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

11 For this is what the Lord says about Shallum[a] 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