Don’t weep over dead King Josiah. Don’t be sad because he’s gone. Instead, weep bitterly over King Jehoahaz. He was forced to leave his country. He will never return. He’ll never see his own land again.

不要为死人哭号；不要为他悲伤，却要为离家出外的人大大哭号；因为他不得再回来，也不得再见他的本国。

不要为已死的人哀哭，也不要为他悲伤，却要为离家外出的人大大哀哭；因为他不再回来见自己的出生地。

不要为已死的人哀哭，也不要为他悲伤，却要为离家外出的人大大哀哭；因为他不再回来见自己的出生地。

你们不要为死去的王哀哭，要为被掳走的王哀哭，因为他必一去不返，再也看不到自己的家园。

不要为那已死的人哀哭，不要为他悲伤；却要为那远去的人大大哀哭，因为他不得再回来，也不能再见自己的国土。

不要為死人哭號；不要為他悲傷，卻要為離家出外的人大大哭號；因為他不得再回來，也不得再見他的本國。

不要為已死的人哀哭，也不要為他悲傷，卻要為離家外出的人大大哀哭；因為他不再回來見自己的出生地。

不要為已死的人哀哭，也不要為他悲傷，卻要為離家外出的人大大哀哭；因為他不再回來見自己的出生地。

你們不要為死去的王哀哭，要為被擄走的王哀哭，因為他必一去不返，再也看不到自己的家園。

不要為那已死的人哀哭，不要為他悲傷；卻要為那遠去的人大大哀哭，因為他不得再回來，也不能再見自己的國土。

不要為死了的人哀哭，不要為他悲傷哦；卻要為出外的人大大哀哭，因為他不得以再回來，也不得以再見他本國了。

毋為死者哭泣悲哀、惟為往者痛哭、蓋彼不得復返、不再睹其故土、

勿為死者哀哭、當為擄者號泣、蓋彼不返國、不復見故土。

勿為死者哭泣、勿為死者哀歎、當為見擄者哭泣、因彼不得復返、不復見故土、

Do not weep for the dead king or mourn his loss; rather, weep bitterly for him who is exiled, because he will never return nor see his native land again.

Weep not for him who is dead, nor grieve for him, but weep bitterly for him who goes away, for he shall return no more to see his native land.

Do not weep for the dead king or mourn his loss. Instead, weep for the captive king being led away! For he will never return to see his native land again.

Do not weep for the dead; do not mourn for him. Weep bitterly for the one who has gone away, for he will never return again and see his native land.

Do not weep for the dead or mourn for him, But weep deeply for the one who goes away; For he will never return Or see his native land.

Weep not for the dead, nor bemoan him; Weep bitterly for him who goes away, For he shall return no more, Nor see his native country.

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.

Do not weep for the dead; do not mourn for him. Weep bitterly for the one who has gone away, for he will never return again and see his native land.

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.

“‘ Do not weep for the king who was killed. Do not grieve for him. But weep mournfully for the king who has gone into exile. For he will never return to see his native land again.

Don’t weep for the dead. Don’t bemoan him; but weep bitterly for him who goes away, for he will return no more, and not see his native country.

Then I announced that those who have already died are happier than those who are still alive.

Those killed by swords are better off than those who die of hunger. Those who are hungry waste away to nothing. They don’t have any food from the fields.

Those who are right with God die. And no one really cares about it. People who are faithful to the Lord are swept away by trouble. And no one understands why that happens to those who do what is right.

Jehoahaz became king of Judah after his father Josiah. But he has gone away from this place. That’s because the Lord says about him,“ He will never return.

Josiah’s servants brought his body in a chariot from Megiddo to Jerusalem. They buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land went and got Jehoahaz. They anointed him as king in place of his father Josiah.Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for three months. His mother’s name was Hamutal. She was the daughter of Jeremiah. She was from Libnah.Jehoahaz did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord. He did just as the kings who had ruled before him had done.Pharaoh Necho put him in chains at Riblah in the land of Hamath. That kept him from ruling in Jerusalem. Necho made the people of Judah pay him a tax of almost four tons of silver and 75 pounds of gold.Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim king in place of his father Josiah. Necho changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz with him to Egypt. And that’s where Jehoahaz died.

So the Lord speaks about King Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah. He says,“ His people will not mourn for him. They will not say,‘ My poor brother! My poor sister!’ They will not mourn for him. They will not say,‘ My poor master! How sad that his glory is gone!’

Men who had bows shot arrows at King Josiah. After he was hit, he told his officers,“ Take me away. I’m badly wounded.”So they took him out of his chariot. They put him in his other chariot. They brought him to Jerusalem. There he died. He was buried in the tombs of his family. All the people of Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him.Jeremiah wrote songs of sadness about Josiah. To this day all the male and female singers remember Josiah by singing those songs. That became a practice in Israel. The songs are written down in the Book of the Songs of Sadness.

“ You will join the members of your family who have already died. You will be buried in peace. Your eyes will not see all the trouble I am going to bring on this place.” ’ ” Huldah’s answer was taken back to the king.

One of them was Jehoahaz. He became a strong lion. He learned to tear apart what he caught. And he became a man- eater.The nations heard about him. They trapped him in their pit. They put hooks in his face. And they led him away to Egypt.

Jesus turned and said to them,“ Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me. Weep for yourselves and for your children.