Jeremiah 22:10

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

2 Kings 22:20

So I will let you die in peace, before I destroy this place.” The men left and took Huldah's answer back to Josiah.

2 Kings 23:29

During Josiah's rule, King Neco of Egypt led his army north to the River Euphrates to help the king of Assyria. Josiah led his troops north to fight Neco, but when they met in battle at Megiddo, Josiah was killed.

2 Chronicles 36:4

Then Neco appointed Jehoahaz's brother Eliakim king of Judah and changed his name to Jehoiakim. He led Jehoahaz away to Egypt as his prisoner.

Ecclesiastes 4:2

I said to myself, “The dead are better off than the living.

Isaiah 57:1

God's faithful people are dragged off and killed, and no one even cares. Evil sweeps them away,

Jeremiah 16:7

No one will bring food and wine to help comfort those who are mourning the death of their father or mother.

Jeremiah 22:11

Jehoahaz became king of Judah after his father King Josiah died. But Jehoahaz was taken as a prisoner to a foreign country. Now I, the LORD, promise that he will die there without ever seeing his own land again.

Jeremiah 22:18

Jehoiakim, no one will cry at your funeral. They won't turn to each other and ask, “Why did our great king have to die?”

Jeremiah 22:27

longing to return home.

Jeremiah 25:27

The LORD had said I must tell each king, “The LORD All-Powerful, the God of Israel, commands you to drink from this cup that is full of the wine of his anger. It will make you so drunk that you will vomit. And when the LORD sends war against the nations, you will be completely defeated.”

Jeremiah 28:4

King Jehoiachin and the other people who were taken from Judah to Babylonia will be allowed to come back here as well. All this will happen because I will smash the power of the king of Babylonia!

Jeremiah 42:18

I, the LORD, was angry with the people of Jerusalem and punished them. And if you go to Egypt, I will be angry and punish you the same way. You will never again see your homeland. People will be horrified at what I do to you, and they will use the name of your city as a curse word.

Jeremiah 44:14

None of you will survive. You may hope to return to Judah some day, but only a very few of you will escape death and be able to go back.

Lamentations 4:9

Being killed with a sword is better than slowly starving to death.

Ezekiel 24:16

“Ezekiel, son of man, I will suddenly take the life of the person you love most. But I don't want you to complain or cry.

Luke 23:28

Jesus turned to the women and said: Women of Jerusalem, don't cry for me! Cry for yourselves and for your children.