Jeremiah 27:22

Jeremiah 27:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the Lord; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They shall be carried to Babylon and remain there until the day when I visit them, declares the Lord. Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place."
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘They shall be carried to Babylon, and there they shall be until the day that I visit them,’ says the Lord. ‘Then I will bring them up and restore them to this place.’ ”
• New Living Translation (NLT)‘They will all be carried away to Babylon and will stay there until I send for them,’ says the Lord. ‘Then I will bring them back to Jerusalem again.’”

Context of Jeremiah 27:22

20which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take away when he carried Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem— 21yes, this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says about the things that are left in the house of the Lord and in the palace of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem: ‘They will be taken to Babylon and there they will remain until the day I come for them,’ declares the Lord. ‘Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.’ ”

Jeremiah 27:22 word by word

בָּבֶ֥לָה יוּבָ֖אוּ וְשָׁ֣מָּה יִֽהְי֑וּ עַ֠ד י֣וֹם פָּקְדִ֤י אֹתָם֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וְהַֽעֲלִיתִים֙ וַהֲשִׁ֣יבֹתִ֔ים אֶל־הַמָּק֖וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They shall be carriedבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• to Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• and there shall they be until the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• that I visitפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: visitH6485
• them, saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• then will I bringעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: establishH5927
• them up, and restoreשׁוּבshûb · to return: rescueH7725
• them to this placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725

Cross-references for Jeremiah 27:22

• Jeremiah 29:10This is what the Lord says: “When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place.
• Jeremiah 34:5you will die peacefully. As people made a funeral fire in honor of your predecessors, the kings who ruled before you, so they will make a fire in your honor and lament, “Alas, master!” I myself make this promise, declares the Lord.’ ”
• Jeremiah 52:17The Babylonians broke up the bronze pillars, the movable stands and the bronze Sea that were at the temple of the Lord and they carried all the bronze to Babylon.
• 2 Kings 24:13As the Lord had declared, Nebuchadnezzar removed the treasures from the temple of the Lord and from the royal palace, and cut up the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made for the temple of the Lord.
• 2 Chronicles 36:17He brought up against them the king of the Babylonians, who killed their young men with the sword in the sanctuary, and did not spare young men or young women, the elderly or the infirm. God gave them all into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar.
• Daniel 5:1King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles and drank wine with them.
• Jeremiah 25:11This whole country will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
• Jeremiah 32:5He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will remain until I deal with him, declares the Lord. If you fight against the Babylonians, you will not succeed.’ ”
• 2 Chronicles 36:21The land enjoyed its sabbath rests; all the time of its desolation it rested, until the seventy years were completed in fulfillment of the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah.
• Ezra 1:1In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing:
• Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the Lord.
• Daniel 9:2in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the Lord given to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.
• Ezra 1:7Moreover, King Cyrus brought out the articles belonging to the temple of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of his god.
• Ezra 5:13“However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.
• Ezra 7:9He had begun his journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was on him.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 27:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22They shall be carried to Babylon - Far from those already taken being brought back, those which now remain shall be carried thither, unless ye submit to the Chaldeans. They did not submit, and the prophecy was literally fulfilled; see Jeremiah 52:17-23; 2 Kings 25:13, 2 Chronicles 36:18.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-22Verses 19-22 Jeremiah assures them that the brazen vessels should go after the golden ones. All shall be carried to Babylon. But he concludes with a gracious promise, that the time would come when they should be brought back. Though the return of the prosperity of the church does not come in our time, we must not despair, for it will come in God's time.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22When Cyrus of Persia allowed the exiles to return in 538 BC, they brought the Temple furnishings back to Jerusalem (Ezra 1:7–11; 5:13–15).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. until ... I visit them--in wrath by Cyrus (Jr 32:5). In seventy years from the first carrying away of captives in Jehoiachin's reign (Jr 29:10; 2Ch 36:21). restore them--by the hand of Cyrus (Ezr 1:7). By Artaxerxes (Ezr 7:19).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 27:22

• Temple
• Zedekiah

In the dictionaries

• Babylon
• Babylon, Babylonia, Babylonian
• Captain
• Yoke
• Zedekiah (2)
• Zedekiah

Commentaries on Jeremiah 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings