Jeremiah 22:27

But they shall by no means return to the land which they long for in their souls.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

26And I will cast forth thee, and thy mother that bore thee, into a land where thou wast not born; and there ye shall die.

28Coniah is dishonored as a good-for-nothing vessel; for he is thrown out and cast forth into a land which he knew not.

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Cross References

Psalms 86:4I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: 1 Behold also the Philistines, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians: 1 These were born there. 1

Jeremiah 22:11For thus saith the Lord concerning Shallum the son of Josiah, who reigns in the place of Josiah his father, who has gone forth out of this place; He shall not return thither anymore:

Jeremiah 44:14And he said, It is false; I do not flee to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him; and Irijah caught Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

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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