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The Pain of Unfulfilled Longing
Commentators explain that the Hebrew phrase for desire, 'to lift up their soul,' signifies more than a simple wish. It describes a deep, consuming, and poetic yearning for their homeland. This intense longing makes God's declaration that they will never return a particularly severe and poignant judgment.
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Jeremiah
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Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 22:27
19th Century
Bishop
To which they desire to return. —The English expresses the sense, but lacks the poetic force, of the Hebrew, to which they lif…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 22:27
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet again changes the person, and yet not inelegantly, for he speaks here as one indignant. After addressing a few words to King Jeconiah, …
John Gill
On Jeremiah 22:27
17th Century
Pastor
But to the land to which they desire to return
Or, "lift up their soul to return" F3 : either by making s…
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Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 22:20–30
17th Century
Minister
The Jewish state is described under a threefold character. Very haughty in a day of peace and safety. Very fearful at the alarm of trouble. Very mu…