Jeremiah 22:10 meaning and explanation

Do not weep for the dead king; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for the one who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land.

Jeremiah 22:10, Berean Standard Bible

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Jeremiah speaks to the people of Judah in the final years of the kingdom, as Babylon presses in. The dead king is Josiah, killed at Megiddo and deeply mourned.

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