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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Jeremiah 22:27

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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they--Coniah and his mother. He passes from the second person (Jer 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" (Jer 44:14; Psa 24:4; Psa 25:1). Judea was the land which they in Babylon should pine after in vain.
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