Jeremiah 22:27

But to the land whitherward they direct their soul to return, thither shall they not return.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

28Is this man Conyahu a despised broken image? or a vessel without value? wherefore are they hurled out, he and his seed, and are cast forth into a land which they know not?

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Cross References

Psalms 86:4Cause to rejoice the soul of thy servant; for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift my soul.

Jeremiah 22:11For thus hath said the Lord respecting Shallum the son of Josiah the king of Judah, who reigneth in the place of Josiah his father, who is gone forth out of this place, He shall never return thither any more;

Jeremiah 44:14So that there shall be no one that escapeth or remaineth of the remnant of Judah, who are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, that they should return into the land of Judah, to which they direct [the desire of] their soul to return thither to dwell there; for they shall not return, but such as shall escape.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 22:21-30

The Desolation of Judah; The Doom of Jeconiah. ( b. c. 590.) 20 Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed. 21 I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice. 22 The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness. 23 O inhabitant of Lebanon,… Read the whole commentary →

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