A Message concerning Shallum

10 Do not weep for the dead;
do not mourn for him.
Weep bitterly for the one who has gone away,
for he will never return again
and see his native land.(A)

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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.

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ר Resh

20 The Lord’s anointed, the breath of our life,[a](A)
was captured in their traps.
We had said about him,
“We will live under his protection among the nations.”

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Footnotes

  1. 4:20 Lit nostrils

20 The Lord’s anointed,(A) our very life breath,
    was caught in their traps.(B)
We thought that under his shadow(C)
    we would live among the nations.

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