Jeremiah 22:27
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You will never return to the land for which you long.””
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BSBPD
“You will never return to the land for which you long.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“But to the land whereunto their soul longeth to return, thither shall they not return.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And to the land whither they are lifting up their soul to return, Thither they do not return.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Jeremiah 22:27 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 25:27On 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.
- Psalms 86:4Bring joy to Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
- Jeremiah 22:10Do not weep for the dead king; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for the one who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land.
- 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,
- Jeremiah 22:12but he will die in the place to which he was exiled; he will never see this land again.”
- 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 none will return except a few fugitives.”
- Jeremiah 52:31On 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.
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