John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 52:3
For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah ,.... Or, "besides the anger of the Lord that was in", or "against Jerusalem and Judah" F14 כי על אף יהוה "nam praeter iram Jehovae, quae fuit contra Hierosolymam", Schmidt. ; for their many sins and transgressions committed against him: till he had cast them out from his presence ; out of the land of Judea; out of Jerusalem, and the temple, where were the symbols of his presence; so the Targum, ... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 52:1-11
This narrative begins no higher than the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, though there were two captivities before, one in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the other in the first of Jeconiah; but probably it was drawn up by some of those that were carried away with Zedekiah, as a reproach to themselves for imagining that they should not go into captivity after their brethren, with which hopes they had long flattered themselves. We have here, 1. God's just displeasure against Judah and... read more