Jeremiah 22:27

27 But to the land whereunto they desire to return , thither shall they not return .

Jeremiah 22:27 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 22:27

But to the land whereunto they desire to return
Or, "lift up their soul to return" ^F3: either by making supplication to God, for it, ( Psalms 25:1 ) ; or buoying up themselves with vain hopes, founded upon the declarations of the false prophets, that they should return; and to which no doubt they had a natural desire, and comforted themselves with the hopes of it; but all in vain: thither shall they not return;
for they were to die, as before predicted, in another country, as they did, and never saw their own any more.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (Mv bwvl Mvpn ta Myavnm) "elevant animam suam", Vatablus, Pagninus; "tollunt animam suam ut revertantlur eo", Schmidt.

Jeremiah 22:27 In-Context

25 And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest , even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.

26 And I will cast thee out , and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born ; and there shall ye die .

27 But to the land whereunto they desire to return , thither shall they not return .

28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out , he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?

29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.

Footnotes

• [a]. desire: Heb. lift up their mind