Jérémie 22:12

12 Il n'y reviendra plus; mais il mourra dans le lieu où on l'a transporté, et il ne verra plus ce pays.

Jérémie 22:12 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 22:12

But he shall die in the place whither they have led him
captive
Even in Egypt, where Pharaohnecho and his army carried him captive, as before observed: and he shall see his land no more;
the land of Judah, where he was born, and over which he had been king: this is repeated to show the certainty of it, and what reason there was for the above lamentation; since the people might have been in hopes of the return of him, but now they are assured they had no ground for it; who, though he was not a good prince, yet perhaps not so bad as his brother Jehoiakim, who succeeded him; who appears, by what follows, to have been a very unjust, tyrannical, and oppressive prince; and therefore there was great occasion for mourning on the account of Shallum, who very likely was more promising.

Jérémie 22:12 In-Context

10 Ne pleurez point celui qui est mort; ne faites point sur lui de condoléance. Mais pleurez, pleurez celui qui s'en va; car il ne reviendra plus, il ne reverra plus le pays de sa naissance!
11 Car ainsi a dit l'Éternel, sur Shallum, fils de Josias, roi de Juda, qui régnait à la place de Josias, son père, et qui est sorti de ce lieu:
12 Il n'y reviendra plus; mais il mourra dans le lieu où on l'a transporté, et il ne verra plus ce pays.
13 Malheur à celui qui bâtit sa maison par l'injustice, et ses étages par l'iniquité; qui se sert de son prochain sans le payer, et ne lui donne pas le salaire de son travail;
14 Qui dit: Je me bâtirai une vaste maison, et des étages bien aérés; qui s'y fait percer des fenêtres, la lambrisse de cèdre, et qui la peint de vermillon!
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.