“But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.”
The statement that both king and mother will long to return to Judah but will not be able to represents the permanence of exile. The longing without fulfillment emphasizes the spiritual and emotional pain of displacement. The finality of the prohibition against return shows that exile is a complete severance from homeland. The verse emphasizes that the judgment is not temporary but lasting.
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