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And many nations will pass by this city, and all of them will say one to another, “Why has the Lord dealt in this way with that great city?”(A) And they will answer, “Because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord their God and worshiped other gods and served them.”(B)

10 Do not weep for him who is dead,
    nor bemoan him;
weep rather for him who goes away,
    for he shall return no more
    to see his native land.(C)

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“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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