Jeremiah 22:9-11

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁹And they will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped other gods and served them.’

¹⁰Do not weep for him who is dead,
    nor bemoan him;
weep rather for him who goes away,
    for he shall return no more
    to see his native land.

Message to the Sons of Josiah

¹¹For thus says the Lord concerning Shallum son of King Josiah of Judah, who succeeded his father Josiah, and who went away from this place: He shall return here no more,

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