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Then they will answer: ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of Adonai their God, and worshipped other gods and served them.’”

10 Weep not for the dead or bemoan him.
Weep bitterly for him who departs,
for he will never return,
or see his native country again.

11 For thus says Adonai to Shallum, son of King Josiah of Judah, who became king in place of his father Josiah: “He who went forth from this place will never return there.

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