Charles Ellicott Commentary Jeremiah 22:8-9

"And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this great city? Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them." — Jeremiah 22:8-9 (ASV)

Why has the Lord done thus ... —The coincidence of thought and language with Deuteronomy (Deuteronomy 29:24–26) again calls for notice.