Jeremiah 22:27

“And to the land to which they lift up their soul to return there, there they will not return.””

Jeremiah 22:27 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 22:27, word by word

And to the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “arets” appears
lift upמְנַשְּׂאִיםmenasim

lift up

To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.

Where else “menasim” appears
their soulנַפְשָׁnafsha

soul

A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.

Where else “nafsha” appears
to returnשׁוּבshuv

return

To go back to a place.

Where else “shuv” appears

The context

26And I will hurl you and your mother who bore you into another land, where you were not born, and there you will die.

27 · This verse (above)

28Is this man Coniah a despised, shattered vessel, or an object in which there is no delight? Why have they been hurled out, he and his offspring, and cast into the land that they have not known?

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