Jeremiah 22:27

But unto the land whither they shall be lifting up their souls to return, thither, shall they not return.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 who bare thee, upon another land where ye were not born,—and, there, shall ye die.

28An earthen vessel to be despised thrown about, is this man Coniah? Or an instrument, in which is no pleasure? Wherefore are they to be cast out, he and his seed, and to be thrown forth upon a land which they have not known?

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Cross References

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

Jeremiah 22:11For Thus, saith Yahweh—Touching Shallum, son of Josiah king of Judah, That reigneth instead of Josiah his father, Who hath gone forth out of this place, He shall not return thither any more;

Jeremiah 44:14and there shall be neither escape nor survival, unto the remnant of Judah who have been entering, to sojourn there into the land of Egypt,—that they should return to the land of Judah even when they are lifting up their soul to return to dwell there, for none shall return, saving fugitives.

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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