This evil family - The whole Jewish people.

Which remain - The words are omitted by the Septuagint and Syriac versions.

The residue of them that remain. —Once more the emphasis of reiteration, “the remnant of a remnant.” The “evil family” is…

And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I…

He intimates in this verse that all survivors would be doubly miserable, as it would be better for them to die at once than to waste away in unceas…

And death shall be chosen rather than life
By those who should be alive in those times, who would be carried captive…

Though no real hurt can be done to a dead body, yet disgrace to the remains of wicked persons may alarm those yet alive; and this reminds us that t…

1. Here, he shows the oppression of those who remain, signified by their choice of death, which in itself is not worthy of choice except insofar …