jeremiah 22:27 But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.

jeremiah 22:27 "But as for the land to which they desire to return, they will not return to it.

27. 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; Ps 24:4; 25:1). Judea was the land which they in Babylon should pine after in vain.

jeremiah 22:27 "But as for the land to which they desire to return, they will not return to it.

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