Jeremiah 22:9-11

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⁹And they will answer, “Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshiped other gods and served them.”’”

¹⁰Weep not for him who is dead,
    nor bemoan him;
but weep bitterly 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 the son of Josi′ah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josi′ah his father, and who went away from this place: “He shall return here no more,

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