Verse 10
Jeremiah 22:10
New Living Translation
10
Do not weep for the dead king or mourn his loss.<br>Instead, weep for the captive king being led away!<br>For he will never return to see his native land again.<br>
Original Language Text
hebrew
אַל תִּבְכּ֣וּ לְ/מֵ֔ת וְ/אַל תָּנֻ֖דוּ ל֑/וֹ בְּכ֤וּ בָכוֹ֙ לַֽ/הֹלֵ֔ךְ כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָשׁוּב֙ ע֔וֹד וְ/רָאָ֖ה אֶת אֶ֥רֶץ מוֹלַדְתּֽ/וֹ
English Translation
Do not weep for the dead, and do not mourn for him; weep bitterly for the one who goes away, for he will not return again and see the land of his birth.
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Chapter 22 Context
1
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‘Listen to this message from the LORD, you king of Judah, sitting on David’s throne. Let your attend...
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3
This is what the LORD says: Be fair-minded and just. Do what is right! Help those who have been robb...
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4
If you obey me, there will always be a descendant of David sitting on the throne here in Jerusalem....
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5
But if you refuse to pay attention to this warning, I swear by my own name, says the LORD, that this...
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6
Now this is what the LORD says concerning Judah’s royal palace: “I love you as much as fruitful Gile...
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7
I will call for wreckers,<br>who will bring out their tools to dismantle you.<br>They will tear out...
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8
“People from many nations will pass by the ruins of this city and say to one another, ‘Why did the L...
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9
And the answer will be, ‘Because they violated their covenant with the LORD their God (Elohim) by wo...
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10
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11
For this is what the LORD says about Jehoahaz, who succeeded his father, King Josiah, and was taken...
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12
He will die in a distant land and will never again see his own country.”
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13
And the LORD says, “What sorrow awaits Jehoiakim,<br>who builds his palace with forced labor.<br>He...
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14
He says, ‘I will build a magnificent palace<br>with huge rooms and many windows.<br>I will panel it...
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15
But a beautiful cedar palace does not make a great king!<br>Your father, Josiah, also had plenty to...
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16
He gave justice and help to the poor and needy,<br>and everything went well for him.<br>Isn’t that w...
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17
“But you! You have eyes only for greed and dishonesty!<br>You murder the innocent,<br>oppress the po...
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18
Therefore, this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim, son of King Josiah: “The people will not mour...
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19
He will be buried like a dead donkey —<br>dragged out of Jerusalem and dumped outside the gates!<br>
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20
Weep for your allies in Lebanon.<br>Shout for them in Bashan.<br>Search for them in the regions east...
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21
I warned you when you were prosperous,<br>but you replied, ‘Don’t bother me.’<br>You have been that...
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22
And now the wind will blow away your allies.<br>All your friends will be taken away as captives.<br>...
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23
It may be nice to live in a beautiful palace<br>paneled with wood from the cedars of Lebanon,<br>but...
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24
“As surely as I live,” says the LORD, “I will abandon you, Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim, king of Juda...
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25
I will hand you over to those who seek to kill you, those you so desperately fear — to King Nebuchad...
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26
I will expel you and your mother from this land, and you will die in a foreign country, not in your...
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27
You will never again return to the land you yearn for.
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28
“Why is this man Jehoiachin like a discarded, broken jar?<br>Why are he and his children to be exile...
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29
O earth, earth, earth!<br>Listen to this message from the LORD!<br>
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30
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