Jer 22:27 | JFB | STEP | 27. they-- Coniah and his mother. He passes from the second person ( ) to the third person here, to express alienation. The king is as it were put out of sight, as if unworthy of being spoken with directly. desire-- literally, "lift up their soul" ( ; ; ). Judea was the land which they in Babylon should pine after in vain.

‏ Jeremiah 22:27

27. they--Coniah and his mother. He passes from the second person (Jr 22:26) to the third person here, to express alienation. The king is as it were put out of sight, as if unworthy of being spoken with directly.

desire--literally, "lift up their soul" (Jr 44:14; Psa 24:4; 25:1). Judea was the land which they in Babylon should pine after in vain.