John Gill Commentary Jeremiah 22:8

"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?" — Jeremiah 22:8 (ASV)

And many nations shall pass by this city After it is burned down and destroyed; that is, people out of many nations travelling that way:

and they shall say every man to his neighbour ; as in company together, passing along the ruined walls of the city:

wherefore has the Lord done thus unto this great city ? so fortified and so full of people; the metropolis of the whole nation; the greatest city in the east; yea, the joy of the whole earth; a city peculiarly dear to the Lord; greatly honoured by him with his presence, worship, and ordinances, and yet now in ruins; how comes this to pass? they see and acknowledge the hand of the Lord in it, having a better notion of things than the Jews themselves had.