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Jeremiah 22:10

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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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  1. Jeremiah 22:8

    And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this great city?

  2. Jeremiah 22:9

    Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

  3. Jeremiah 22:11

    For thus saith the Lord touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:

  4. Jeremiah 22:12

    But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.

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