Jeremiah 22:27
25 In fact, I will hand you over to those you dread, who want to take your life—to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to the Chaldeans.
26 I will hurl you and the mother who gave you birth into another land, where neither of you were born—and there you both will die.
You will never return to the land for which you long.”
28 Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?
29 O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You will never return to the land for which you long.”
- KJV
- But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.
- WEB
- But to the land to which their soul longs to return, there they will not return.”
- ASV
- But to the land whereunto their soul longeth to return, thither shall they not return.
- DARBY
- And into the land whereunto they lift up their souls to return, thither shall they not return.
- BLB
- And upon the land to which they are lifting up their souls to return there, to there they shall not return.
- ÅB
- Men det land de stunder etter å komme tilbake til, til det skal de ikke komme tilbake.
- OTB
- Du vil aldri vende tilbake til det landet du lengter etter å vende tilbake til.”
- B1930
- Men det land de stunder efter å komme tilbake til, til det skal de ikke komme tilbake.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 44:14
so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone to reside in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, where they long to return and live; for none will return except a few fugitives.”
Read in contextJeremiah 52:31–34
On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison.
Read in contextJeremiah 22:11
For this is what the LORD says concerning Shallum son of Josiah, king of Judah, who succeeded his father Josiah but has gone forth from this place: “He will never return,
Read in context2 Kings 25:27–30
On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.
Read in contextPsalms 86:4
Bring joy to Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
Read in context