Verse Lens · Context pointer
Jeremiah 22:27 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 27. 27But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.
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Role in This Section
The dated report or historical recital turns or qualifies the movement with “But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return” at Jeremiah 22:27 inside “Coniah Is Removed like a Signet.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 22:24–30
Keep Jeremiah 22:27 with the thought unit titled “Coniah Is Removed like a Signet.” The dated report or historical recital turns or qualifies the movement with “But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return” at Jeremiah 22:27 inside “Coniah Is Removed like a Signet.” The exilic setting and literary form govern its use.
Why It Needs Context
The verse is a premise, action, image, response, or transition within Jeremiah 22:24–30, not an independent maxim. The dated report or historical recital turns or qualifies the movement with “But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return” at Jeremiah 22:27 inside “Coniah Is Removed like a Signet.”
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Jeremiah 22:24–30 — Coniah Is Removed like a SignetSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Jeremiah 22:24–30, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2; fixed commit
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 22:24–30
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