John Gill Commentary Jeremiah 22:27

"But to the land whereunto their soul longeth to return, thither shall they not return." — Jeremiah 22:27 (ASV)

But to the land to which they desire to return
Or, "lift up their soul to return" ^F3 : either by making supplication to God, for it, (Psalms 25:1) ; or buoying up themselves with vain hopes, founded upon the declarations of the false prophets, that they should return; and to which no doubt they had a natural desire, and comforted themselves with the hopes of it; but all in vain: thither shall they not return ;
for they were to die, as before predicted, in another country, as they did, and never saw their own any more.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F3: (Mv bwvl Mvpn ta Myavnm) "elevant animam suam", Vatablus, Pagninus; "tollunt animam suam ut revertantlur eo", Schmidt.