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Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, [saying], Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, [saying], Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

Therefore thus saith {H559} the LORD {H3068} concerning Jehoiakim {H3079} the son {H1121} of Josiah {H2977} king {H4428} of Judah {H3063}; They shall not lament {H5594} for him, saying, Ah {H1945} my brother {H251}! or, Ah {H1945} sister {H269}! they shall not lament {H5594} for him, saying, Ah {H1945} lord {H113}! or, Ah {H1945} his glory {H1935}!

Therefore here is what ADONAI says concerning Y'hoyakim the son of Yoshiyahu, king of Y'hudah: "There will be no one to mourn for him, 'Oh! My brother!' or 'Oh! My sister!' There will be no one to mourn for him, 'Oh! My master!' or 'Oh! His glory!'

Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’

Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! They shall not lament for him, saying Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

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Cross-References

  • 1 Kings 13:30 (4 votes)

    And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, [saying], Alas, my brother!

  • Jeremiah 16:6 (4 votes)

    Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall [men] lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:

  • Jeremiah 22:10 (3 votes)

    ¶ 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.

  • Jeremiah 16:4 (3 votes)

    They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; [but] they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

  • 2 Chronicles 21:19 (2 votes)

    And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.

  • 2 Chronicles 21:20 (2 votes)

    Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.

  • 2 Samuel 3:33 (2 votes)

    And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?