Jeremiah 22:27 “You will never return to the land for which you long.””

Jeremiah 22:27

You will never return to the land for which you long.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

But to the land to which their soul longs to return, there they will not return.”

American Standard Version

But to the land whereunto their soul longeth to return, thither shall they not return.

Geneva Bible 1599

But to the lande, whereunto they desire to returne, they shall not returne thither.

Darby Translation

And into the land whereunto they lift up their souls to return, thither shall they not return.

Young's Literal Translation

And to the land whither they are lifting up their soul to return, Thither they do not return.

Bible in Basic English

But to the land on which their soul's desire is fixed, they will never come back.

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Cross references

“to the”

Jeremiah 44:14 Jeremiah 22:11 Jeremiah 52:31–34 2 Kings 25:27–30

Jeremiah 44:14 · BSB

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.”

Jeremiah 22:11 · BSB

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,

Jeremiah 52:31–34 · BSB

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…

2 Kings 25:27–30 · BSB

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.

“desire”

Psalm 86:4

Psalm 86:4 · BSB

Bring joy to Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

26I 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.

28Is 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?

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