Jeremiah 22:27

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

And upon the land to which they are lifting up their souls to return there, to there they shall not return.

Latin

Et in terram ad quam ipsi levant animam suam ut revertantur illuc, non revertentur.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Jeremiah 22:25–27

Young King Jehoiachin feared the Babylonians would kill him, but they exiled him instead.

Jeremiah 22:24–30

Jehoiachin, the son of Jehoiakim, became king at eighteen in 597 BC. The Babylonians attacked Jerusalem because his father rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar. After just three months as king, Jehoiachin wisely surrendered and was taken captive to Babylon (2 Kings 24:8–14), along with most of the royal family.

Jeremiah 22:10–30

This section presents serious accusations against Josiah's descendants.

Jeremiah 22:1–23:8

This collection of messages to the last kings from David's line in Judah ends with a promise. God will one day appoint a true descendant of David to lead his people.

Theme notes and profiles

Nebuchadnezzar II

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

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.”
Jeremiah 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.
Jeremiah 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,
2 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.
Psalm 86:4
Bring joy to Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament) Book of Jeremiah Coniah Jehoiachin

Topics

Jehoiachin: Prophecies Concerning Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments

Jeremiah 22:27

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