Jeremiah 22 · Verse 27

Jeremiah 22:27

But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.
Jeremiah 22:27, King James Version

Jeremiah 22:27 in other translations

BSBYou will never return to the land for which you long.”
WEBBut to the land to which their soul longs to return, there they will not return.”
ASVBut to the land whereunto their soul longeth to return, thither shall they not return.
YLTAnd to the land whither they are lifting up their soul to return, Thither they do not return.
DARBYAnd into the land whereunto they lift up their souls to return, thither shall they not return.
BBEBut to the land on which their soul's desire is fixed, they will never come back.
WebsterBut to the land to which they desire to return, thither shall they not return.

What does Jeremiah 22:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
27. they--Coniah and his mother. He passes from the second person (Jr 22:26) to the third person here, to express alienation. The king is as it were put out of sight, as if unworthy of being spoken with directly. desire--literally, "lift up their soul" (Jr 44:14; Psa 24:4; 25:1). Judea was the land which they in Babylon should pine after in vain.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 22:20-30

The Jewish state is described under a threefold character. Very haughty in a day of peace and safety. Very fearful on alarm of trouble. Very much cast down under pressure of trouble. Many never are ashamed of their sins till brought by them to the last extremity. The king shall close his days in bondage. Those that think themselves as signets on God's right hand, must not be secure, but fear lest they should be…

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Jeremiah 22:27 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְעַל\־ve.'al-and toH5921
הָאָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whereH834
הֵ֛םhemtheyH1992
מְנַשְּׂאִ֥יםme.na.se.'Im[will be] liftingH5375
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
נַפְשָׁ֖םnaf.Shamdesire theirH5315
לָשׁ֣וּבla.Shuvto returnH7725
שָׁ֑םShamthereH8033
שָׁ֖מָּהSha.mahthere towardsH8033
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
יָשֽׁוּבוּ\׃\ \סya.Shu.vuthey will returnH7725

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 22:27

  • Jeremiah 44:14

    So 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.

  • Jeremiah 52:31-34

    And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil–merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison, And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life. And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.

  • Jeremiah 22:11

    For 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:

  • 2 Kings 25:27-30

    And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil–merodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison; And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon; And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life. And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.

  • Psalms 86:4

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

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
to the.
11; 44:14; 52:31-34; 2Ki 25:27-30
desire. Heb. lift up their mind.
Ps 86:4

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Context

  • Jeremiah 22:26

    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.

  • Jeremiah 22:27

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

  • Jeremiah 22:28

    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?

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Jeremiah 22:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y á la tierra á la cual levantan ellos su alma para tornar, allá no volverán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et, dans le pays où ils désirent ardemment de retourner, ils ne retourneront point.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und in das Land, wohin sie sich sehnen zurückzukehren, dahin werden sie nicht zurückkehren. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et in terram ad quam ipsi levant animam suam ut revertantur illuc, non revertentur.