Jeremiah 22:9-18 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

9. Others will answer, “It's because the people worshipped foreign gods and broke the agreement that the Lord their God had made with them.”

10. King Josiah is dead,so don't cry for him.Instead, cry for his sonKing Jehoahaz,dragged off to another country,never to return.

17. But all you think aboutis how to cheator abuse or murdersome innocent victim.

18. Jehoiakim, no one will cryat your funeral.They won't turn to each otherand ask,“Why did our great kinghave to die?”

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