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And many nations will pass by this city and they will say each one to his neighbor, ‘Why[a] has Yahweh done in this manner to this great city?’ Then they will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of Yahweh their God, and bowed down in worship to other gods, and served them.’”

10 You must not weep for the dead person,
    and you must not show sympathy for him.
Weep bitterly for the one who goes away,
    for he will not return, or see the land of his birth again.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 22:8 Literally “Over what”

“People from many nations will pass by this city and will ask one another, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this great city?’(A) And the answer will be: ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God and have worshiped and served other gods.(B)’”

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

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