Jeremiah 22:27
in Jeremiah 22You will never return to the land for which you long.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But to the land whereunto their soul longeth to return, thither shall they not return.
KJV
But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.
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This verse in Jeremiah 22
Commentary
7 notes on this verse(Verse 24 and following) I live, says the Lord: Even if Coniah the son of Joachim king of Judah were a signet on my right hand, I would still pluck him (or you) out. And I will give you into the hand of those seeking your life, and into the hand of those you fear their faces, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon (which is not found in the Septuagint), and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
This site's exposition
As surely as I live,” declares
on Jeremiah 22:24-27
Coniah is King Jehoiachin, and a signet ring was worn on a king’s hand to seal decrees in his name. The LORD will hand him “to those you dread,” Nebuchadnezzar and the Chaldeans. “You will never return to the land for which you long.”
This site's exposition
the land for which you long
Coniah would long for home and never see it. Jeremiah 52:31-34 records his release from prison in Babylon, where he ate at the king's table for the rest of his life. Henry, on verse 26, speaks of a death in a far country.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture
But to the land whereunto they desire to return,....
Those that had abused the dominion they had over others were justly brought thus under the dominion of others. Those that had indulged and gratified their sinful desires, by their oppression, luxury, and cruelty, were justly denied the gratification of their innocent desire to see their own native country again.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
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; Judea was the land which they in Babylon should pine after in vain.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — unbalanced-parens
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and to | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָאָ֗רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | where | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הֵ֛ם | hem | they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| מְנַשְּׂאִ֥ים | menaseim | [will be] lifting | H5375 → | 656 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נַפְשָׁ֖ם | nafsham | desire their | H5315 → | 754 times |
| לָשׁ֣וּב | lashuv | to return | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| שָׁ֑ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| שָׁ֖מָּה | shamah | there towards | H8033 → | 834 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יָשֽׁוּבוּ׃ ס | yashuvu | they will return | H7725 → | 1056 times |
וְעַל־and to
veal-H5921 →5755 times
הָאָ֗רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
אֲשֶׁר־where
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
הֵ֛םthey
hemH1992 →553 times
מְנַשְּׂאִ֥ים[will be] lifting
menaseimH5375 →656 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
נַפְשָׁ֖םdesire their
nafshamH5315 →754 times
לָשׁ֣וּבto return
lashuvH7725 →1056 times
שָׁ֑םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
שָׁ֖מָּהthere towards
shamahH8033 →834 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יָשֽׁוּבוּ׃ סthey will return
yashuvuH7725 →1056 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 86:4Bring joy to Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
it leads to
- Psalms 143:8
Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
- Psalms 25:1
To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul;
- Isaiah 66:13–14
As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”
- Psalms 51:12
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.
- Isaiah 61:3
to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be…
- Psalms 143:8
Through
Jeremiah 44:14so 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…
it leads to
- Romans 9:27
Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
- Jeremiah 22:26–27
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.
- Romans 9:27
Through
Jeremiah 22:11For 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,
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 3:15
The sons of Josiah: Johanan was the firstborn, Jehoiakim the second, Zedekiah the third, and Shallum the fourth.
- 1 Chronicles 3:15
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.