9. And they will answer, “Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God and worshiped other gods and served them.”’”
10. Weep not for him who is dead,nor grieve for him, but weep bitterly for him who goes away,for he shall return no moreto see his native land.
11. For thus says the Lord concerning Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who went away from this place: “He shall return here no more,
12. but in the place where they have carried him captive, there shall he die, and he shall never see this land again.”
13. “Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness,and his upper rooms by injustice, who makes his neighbor serve him for nothingand does not give him his wages,