But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.
The verse belongs to the warnings to the Jews given in Jeremiah 12 to 24. It declares that the people would not return to the land they longed to reach. It stands connected with the end of Josiah's reign, after which the release years and Jubilees could no longer be kept because the kings, nobles, people, and land could no longer be redeemed.
The verse belongs to the warnings to the Jews given in Jeremiah 12 to 24. It declares that the people would not return to the land they longed to reach. It stands connected with the end of Josiah's reign, after which the release years and Jubilees could no longer be kept because the kings, nobles, people, and land could no longer be redeemed.