10 (A)Do not weep for the dead or mourn for him,
But weep continually for the one who goes away;
For (B)he will never return
Or see his native land.

11 For thus says the Lord in regard to [a](C)Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who became king in the place of Josiah his father, who went forth from this place, “He will never return there; 12 but in the place where they led him captive, there he will (D)die and not see this land again.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 22:11 I.e. Jehoahaz