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Jeremiah 22:10

American Standard Version

Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him; but weep sore for him that goeth away; for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

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Jeremiah 22:10 in other translations

Don’t weep for the dead.
Don’t bemoan him;
but weep bitterly for him who goes away,
for he will return no more,
and not see his native country.

Jeremiah 22:10 · World English Bible

Jeremiah 22:10 in context

  1. 8And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this great city?
  2. 9Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
  3. 10Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him; but weep sore for him that goeth away; for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
  4. 11For thus saith Jehovah touching Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who went forth out of this place: He shall not return thither any more;
  5. 12but in the place whither they have led him captive, there shall he die, and he shall see this land no more.