Jeremiah 22:27

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

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In Context

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

28Is 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?

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Cross References

Psalms 86:4Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

Jeremiah 22:11For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:

Jeremiah 44:14So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall 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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