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Jeremiah 27:22
‘They will be carried to Babylon and will remain there until the day I attend to them again,’ declares the LORD. ‘Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.’”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD speaks through Jeremiah to Judah and Jerusalem concerning the sacred articles remaining in the temple and royal palace. He addresses the immediate political reality that these objects will be removed to Babylon.
The words — The Hebrew יוּבָאוּ (yu.Va.'u) means "they will be taken," paired with עַד (‘ad) meaning "until." These terms establish a fixed, limited duration for the captivity rather than a permanent removal.
The thread — The promise to "attend to" the exiles reappears in Jeremiah 29:10 regarding the seventy-year period and in Jeremiah 32:5 concerning King Zedekiah’s captivity. Ezra 7:19 later records the fulfillment of the command to return the sacred articles.
Why it lands — The text commands acceptance of Babylonian exile as a divinely bounded season rather than a final judgment. It requires readers to recognize that restoration follows a specific, sovereign deadline and to act accordingly during the interim.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 29:10 For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.
- Ezra 7:19 You must deliver to the God of Jerusalem all the articles given to you for the service of the house of your God.
- Jeremiah 32:5 He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will stay until I attend to him, declares the LORD. If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will not succeed.’”
- Ezra 1:11 In all, there were 5,400 gold and silver articles. Sheshbazzar brought all these along when the exiles went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 25:11 And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
- Ezra 5:13 In the first year of his reign, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.
- Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
- 2 Kings 24:13 As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 25:13 Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.
- 2 Chronicles 36:17 So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,