Psa 24:4, Jer 22:27 | JFB | STEP | 4. lifted up his soul —is to set the affections ( ) on an object; here, vanity —or, any false thing, of which swearing falsely, or to falsehood, is a specification.

Psalms 24:4

4. lifted up his soul—is to set the affections (Ps 25:1) on an object; here,

vanity—or, any false thing, of which swearing falsely, or to falsehood, is a specification.

Jeremiah 22:27

27. 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; Ps 24:4; 25:1). Judea was the land which they in Babylon should pine after in vain.