“But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.”
The statement that Shallum will die in the place where they took him captive and will not see Judah again represents the ultimate consequence of kingship and apostasy: death in a foreign land, far from the homeland. The permanence of the statement—will not see—eliminates any hope of return. The verse emphasizes that exile is not temporary but final, at least for this generation.
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