In the twelfth month - About one year and seven months after the destruction of Jerusalem. In the meantime, the murder of Gedaliah and the f…

In the twelfth year.— This was one year and between six and seven months after the destruction of Jerusalem, and when, therefore, …

And it came to pass in the twelfth year
Of Jeconiah's captivity, above a year and a half after the taking of Jerusal…

It is fitting for us to weep and tremble for those who will not weep and tremble for themselves. Great oppressors are, in God's account, no better …