Judgment · Historical judgment oracle

Jeremiah 22:10-12

Jeremiah · ~609 BC · Status: Fulfilled · Confidence: 65%
“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. 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:”
King James Version · the opening — all 3 verses are below
More of Jeremiah 22 on this siteJeremiah 22:5 · Jeremiah 22:18-19 · Jeremiah 22:24-30

Jeremiah's instruction to mourn Jehoahaz's captivity rather than Josiah's death, fulfilled when Pharaoh Necho took Jehoahaz to Egypt.

Read the whole passage — all 3 verses (KJV)

22:10Weep 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.

22:11For 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:

22:12But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.

Fulfillment References

2 Kings 23:34 2 Chronicles 36:4

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