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And the answer will be given, “Because they abandoned their covenant with the Lord, their God, in order to worship other gods and serve them.”

Jehoahaz

10 Do not weep for the man who is dead;
    mourn not for him.
Weep rather for him who has gone into exile,
    for he will never return again
    to see the land of his birth.

11 For thus says the Lord about Shallum, the son of King Josiah of Judah, who succeeded his father Josiah as king and was forced to leave this place, “He will never return.

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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