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10 Do 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.(A)

Message to the Sons of Josiah

11 For 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, 12 but in the place where they have carried him captive he shall die, and he shall never see this land again.

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10 “Don’t cry for the dead
    or grieve for them.
Weep bitterly for the one going away,
    because he won’t return again
        nor see the land of his birth.

11 “For this is what the Lord says about Josiah’s son Shallum,[a] king of Judah, who reigned in place of his father Josiah: ‘He went out from this place and won’t return to it again. 12 He will die in the place where they exiled him, and he won’t ever[b] see this land again.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 22:11 Shallum (also known as Jehoahaz) succeeded his father Josiah, but was removed by the Egyptians after three months and exiled to Egypt.
  2. Jeremiah 22:12 The Heb. lacks ever