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Judgment Against Jehoahaz

10 Don’t cry for the dead one [C the king] or ·be sad about [bemoan] him.
    But cry ·painfully for the king who is being taken [L for the one who goes] away [C into exile],
because he will never return
    or see ·his homeland [L the land of his birth] again.

11 This is what the Lord says about Jehoahaz [L Shallum; C ruled 597 bc; 2 Kin. 23:31–33] son of Josiah who became king of Judah after his father left this place [C died]: “He will never return. 12 He will die where he has been taken ·captive [into exile], and he will not see this land again.”

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10 Do not weep for the dead(A) king or mourn(B) his loss;
    rather, weep bitterly for him who is exiled,
because he will never return(C)
    nor see his native land again.

11 For this is what the Lord says about Shallum[a](D) son of Josiah, who succeeded his father as king of Judah but has gone from this place: “He will never return. 12 He will die(E) in the place where they have led him captive; he will not see this land again.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 22:11 Also called Jehoahaz