Jeremiah 22:10

Verse 10 of 30. The 22nd of 52 chapters in Jeremiah, in The Major Prophets.

6For thus saith the Lord unto the king’s house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.

7And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.

8And 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?

9Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

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.

11For 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:

12But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.

13Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

14That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.

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Jeremiah 22:10 in the World English Bible

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.
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Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 22:10

They were loth to believe this, therefore it is repeated here again and again, He shall return no more, v. 10. He shall never have the pleasure of seeing his native country, but shall have the continual grief of hearing of the desolations of it. He has gone forth out of this place, and shall never return, v. 11. He shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, v. 12.

Read Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 22:10–19: The Doom of Shallum and Jehoiakim. (b. c. 590.)

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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.