Jeremiah 22:9-11

Living Bible

⁹ And the answer will be, “Because the people living here forgot the Lord their God and violated his agreement with them, for they worshiped idols.”

¹⁰ Don’t weep for the dead! Instead weep for the captives led away! For they will never return to see their native land again. ¹¹ For the Lord says this about Jehoahaz who succeeded his father^[a] King Josiah and was taken away as a captive: