Jeremiah 27:22
in Jeremiah 27‘They will be carried to Babylon and will remain there until the day I attend to them again,’ declares the LORD. ‘Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.’”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be, until the day that I visit them, saith Jehovah; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.
KJV
They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the Lord; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.
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This verse in Jeremiah 27
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThey shall be carried to Babylon - Far from those already taken being brought back, those which now remain shall be carried thither, unless ye submit to the Chaldeans. They did not submit, and the prophecy was literally fulfilled; see Jer 52:17-23; 2Ki 25:13, 2Ch 36:18.
This site's exposition
For this is what the LORD
on Jeremiah 27:19-22
The chapter closes on an inventory of what Nebuchadnezzar left, “the pillars, the sea, the bases, and the rest of the articles.” These too “will be carried to Babylon and will remain there until the day I attend to them again,” the visitation chapter 29 dates.
This site's exposition
until the day I attend to them again
Clarke notes that the remaining articles were carried off, as 52:17 to 23 records. The promise of return also came true. Cyrus sent the vessels back to Jerusalem in Ezra 1:7, as Clarke observes on verse 16.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 19 onwards) O Lord of hosts, let the vessels that were left behind in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem, and in Babylon, not come back.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
11 But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the L ORD ; and they shall till it, and dwell therein. Some difficulty occurs in the date of this prophecy. This word is said to come to Jeremiah in the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim (
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They shall be carried to Babylon,....
They shall all be carried to Babylon in triumph, and there shall they be. But he concludes with a gracious promise that the time should come when they should all be returned: Until the day that I visit them in mercy, according to appointment, and then I will bring those vessels up again, and restore them to this place, to their place.
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בָּבֶ֥לָה | bavelah | Babylon towards | H894 → | 262 times |
| יוּבָ֖אוּ | yuvau | they will be taken | H935 → | 2568 times |
| וְשָׁ֣מָּה | veshamah | and there <towards> | H8033 → | 834 times |
| יִֽהְי֑וּ | yihyu | they will remain | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| עַ֠ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| י֣וֹם | yom | [the] day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| פָּקְדִ֤י | pakedi | give attention to I | H6485 → | 303 times |
| אֹתָם֙ | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְהַֽעֲלִיתִים֙ | vehaalitim | and I will bring up them | H5927 → | 890 times |
| וַהֲשִׁ֣יבֹתִ֔ים | vahashivotim | and I will bring back them | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַמָּק֖וֹם | hamakom | the place | H4725 → | 401 times |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ פ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
בָּבֶ֥לָהBabylon towards
bavelahH894 →262 times
יוּבָ֖אוּthey will be taken
yuvauH935 →2568 times
וְשָׁ֣מָּהand there <towards>
veshamahH8033 →834 times
יִֽהְי֑וּthey will remain
yihyuH1961 →3559 times
עַ֠דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
י֣וֹם[the] day
yomH3117 →2304 times
פָּקְדִ֤יgive attention to I
pakediH6485 →303 times
אֹתָם֙<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְהַֽעֲלִיתִים֙and I will bring up them
vehaalitimH5927 →890 times
וַהֲשִׁ֣יבֹתִ֔יםand I will bring back them
vahashivotimH7725 →1056 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַמָּק֖וֹםthe place
hamakomH4725 →401 times
הַזֶּֽה׃ פ<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 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
Jeremiah 29:10For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.
it leads to
- Daniel 9:2
in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.
- Zechariah 7:5
“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?
- Jeremiah 24:6–7
I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
- Jeremiah 32:42–44
For this is what the LORD says: Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good I have promised them.
- Jeremiah 25:12
But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting…
- Daniel 9:2
Through
Jeremiah 32:5He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will stay until I attend to him, declares the LORD. If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will not succeed.’”
it leads to
- Jeremiah 33:5
The Chaldeans are coming to fight and to fill those places with the corpses of the men I will strike down in My anger and in My wrath. I have hidden My face from…
- Ezekiel 17:9–10
So you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Will it flourish? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it shrivels? All its foliage…
- Jeremiah 39:7
Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 33:5
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; 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.