What Does Jeremiah 27:22 Mean?

“to Babylon”

babel (i.e., babylon), including babylonia and the babylonian empire

“They shall be carried”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

“and there shall they be until the day”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

“that I visit”

to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“them saith”

an oracle

“the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“then will I bring”

to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

“them up and restore”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

near, with or among; often in general, to

“them to this place”

properly, a standing, i.e., a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that