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Jeremiah 22:9-12
Contemporary English Version
Jeremiah 22:9-12
Contemporary English Version
9 Others will answer, “It's because the people worshiped foreign gods and broke the agreement that the Lord their God had made with them.”
King Jehoahaz
The Lord said:
10 King Josiah is dead,
so don't mourn for him.[a]
Instead, mourn for his son
King Jehoahaz,
dragged off to another country,[b]
never to return.
11-12 (A) Jehoahaz[c] became king of Judah after his father King Josiah died. But Jehoahaz was taken as a prisoner to a foreign country. Now I, the Lord, promise that he will die there without ever seeing his own land again.
King Jehoiakim
The Lord told me to say:
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Footnotes
- 22.10 King Josiah … him: The Hebrew text has “don't mourn for the dead one,” meaning King Josiah, who ruled 640–609 b.c.
- 22.10 his son King Jehoahaz … country: The Hebrew text has “the one who was dragged off to another country,” meaning King Jehoahaz, who ruled for three months in 609 b.c.
- 22.11,12 Jehoahaz: The Hebrew text has “Shallum,” another name for Jehoahaz.
Jeremiah 22:9-11
New International Version
Jeremiah 22:9-11
New International Version
9 And the answer will be: ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God and have worshiped and served other gods.(A)’”
10 Do not weep for the dead(B) king or mourn(C) his loss;
rather, weep bitterly for him who is exiled,
because he will never return(D)
nor see his native land again.
11 For this is what the Lord says about Shallum[a](E) son of Josiah, who succeeded his father as king of Judah but has gone from this place: “He will never return.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 22:11 Also called Jehoahaz
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