The nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar - This was 586 B.C. if we count from the actual date of his accession (604 B.C.), but 587 B.C. if…

On the seventh day ... — An error for the tenth day (Jeremiah 52:12), one numeral letter having been mistaken…

Ver. 8-12. And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, &c.] In (Jeremiah 52:12) it is the tenth …

The city and temple were burned, and, it is probable, the ark was in it. By this, God showed how little He cares for the outward pomp of His worshi…