Message to the Sons of Josiah

11 For thus says the Lord concerning (A)Shallum[a] the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, (B)who went from this place: “He shall not return here anymore,

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 22:11 Or Jehoahaz

11 For this is what the Lord says about Shallum[a](A) 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

12 but he shall die in the place where they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.

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12 He will die(A) in the place where they have led him captive; he will not see this land again.”

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She brought up one of her cubs,
And (A)he became a young lion;
He learned to catch prey,
And he devoured men.

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She brought up one of her cubs,
    and he became a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
    and he became a man-eater.

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The nations also heard of him;
He was trapped in their pit,
And they brought him with chains to the land of (A)Egypt.

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The nations heard about him,
    and he was trapped in their pit.
They led him with hooks(A)
    to the land of Egypt.(B)

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