But to the land to which their soul longs to return, there they will not return.”
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But to the land to which their soul longs to return, there they will not return.”
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But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.
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But to the land whereunto they long to return, thither shall they not return.
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Passages linked to Jeremiah 22:27 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Jeremiah 44:14 so that none of the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to live there, will escape or be left to return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there; for no one will return except those who will escape.’ ”
- 2 Kings 25:27-30 In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison; and he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon, and changed his prison garments. Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life; and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him from the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
- Psalms 86:4 Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul.
- Jeremiah 22:11 For Yahweh says touching Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who went out of this place: “He won’t return there any more.
- Jeremiah 52:31-34 In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and released him from prison. He spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon, and changed his prison garments. Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life. For his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain The Prophet again changes the person, and yet not…
The Prophet again changes the person, and yet not inelegantly, for he speaks here as one indignant, and after having addressed a few words to King Jeconiah, he turns aside from him and declares what God would do. Thus, when we think one hardly worthy to be addressed, we change our discourse; and after having spoken a few words to him, we take another mode of speaking. In the same manner, the Prophet spoke very indignantly when he addressed Jehoiakim, and then he declared how God would deal with him: he passed by him as though he was deaf or unworthy of being noticed. We thus see the design of the Prophet in the change he makes in this passage.
Into the land, he says, to which they raise up their mind that they may return, there they shall not return He had said before that both the king and his mother would die in a foreign land, and he now confirms the same thing; for the foolish notion, that the king of Babylon would be at length propitious to them, could not but with great difficulty be eradicated from their minds: nor is there a doubt but that such thoughts as these were entertained, — “When Nebuchadnezzar shall see us coming suppliantly to him, he will be turned to mercy, for what more does he require? He does not mean to fix here his royal palace; it; will satisfy him to have the people tributary to him; and when he shall find that I am a man of no courage, he will prefer having me a king, rather than to appoint a new one.” Such, then, was the reasoning which the king had with his courtiers. Hence this vain persuasion is what the Prophet now demolishes: They raise up their mind to the land, that is, they think of a free return at length into their own country; for to raise up the mind is to apply the mind or thought to any thing. They raise up, then, their mind to the land, that is, the land of Judah; but they shall never return thither, whatever they may promise to themselves.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jer 22:27 But to the land whereunto they desire…
Jer 22:27 But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.
Ver. 27. But to the land that they desire to return.] Heb., Which they lift up their soul to quam avent totaque anima expetunt, et ad quam summe anhelant; they shall die in banishment. So they that are once shut out of heaven must for ever abide in hell, would they never so fain get out, with dragons and devils.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain That is, they shall never come again to Jerusalem;…
That is, they shall never come again to Jerusalem; though they be fond of it as their native country, and may promise themselves such favours from the king of Babylon, yet there shall no such thing be their portion.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But to the land whereunto they desire to return,....…
But to the land whereunto they desire to return,.... Or, "lift up their soul to return" (c): either by making supplication to God, for it, Psa 25:1; or buoying up themselves with vain hopes, founded upon the declarations of the false prophets, that they should return; and to which no doubt they had a natural desire, and comforted themselves with the hopes of it; but all in vain:
thither shall they not return; for they were to die, as before predicted, in another country, as they did, and never saw their own any more.
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(c) "elevant animam suam", Vatablus, Pagninus; "tollunt animam suam ut revertantlur eo", Schmidt.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Mind; ardently desiring and expecting to be liberated. (Calmet)
Mind; ardently desiring and expecting to be liberated. (Calmet)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain they--Coniah and his mother. He passes from the second…
they--Coniah and his mother. He passes from the second person (Jer 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" (Jer 44:14; Psa 24:4; Psa 25:1). Judea was the land which they in Babylon should pine after in vain.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 27. their soul longeth] For mg. they lift up…
27. their soul longeth] For mg. they lift up their soul cp. Jer_44:14; Deu_24:15; Hos_4:8. The soul was considered the seat of desire.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (27) Whereunto they desire to return.—The English expresses the…
(27) Whereunto they desire to return.—The English expresses the sense, but lacks the poetic force, of the Hebrew, to which they lift up their souls to return, yearning thitherward with the longing of unsatisfied desire.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 this land to which they will want to return
this land to which they will want to return
This refers to the land of Judah.
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Is this a despised and shattered vessel? ... did not know?
It is not clear who is speaking in verse 28.
Is this a despised and shattered vessel? Is this man Jehoiachin a pot that pleases no one?
Jehoiachin is spoken of as a pot that was completely worthless and not liked by anyone. The questions emphasize that he has no value or friends. AT: "Jehoiachin is as useless as a broken vessel and no one is happy with him." (See: Metaphor and Rhetorical Question)
Why have they thrown him and his descendants out, and have poured them out into a land that they did not know?
This rhetorical question explains what will happen to the worthless Jehoiachin. AT: "Therefore the enemy will remove Jehoiachin and his family from the land and take them to a foreign land." (See: Rhetorical Question)
have poured them out
Jehoiachin and his descendants are spoke of as if they had been poured out in another country like garbage from a vessel. (See: Metaphor)
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