Jeremiah 22:8-10

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⁸“‘And many nations will pass by this city, and every man will say to his neighbor, “Why has the Lord dealt thus with this great city?” ⁹And they will answer, “Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshiped other gods and served them.”’”

¹⁰Weep not for him who is dead,
    nor bemoan him;
but weep bitterly for him who goes away,
    for he shall return no more
    to see his native land.

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