Jeremiah 40:11

“Likewise, when all the Jews that [were] in Moab, etc.] Who had fled thither, and to the places after mentioned, when the king of Babylon first invaded the land, and where they had continued unto this time: and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that [were] in all the countries; in all other neighbouring countries, besides Moab, Ammon, and Edom; some fleeing one way, and some another, which lay nearest to their borders, or where they thought themselves safest: when they heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah; a few of their brethren, to cultivate the land, and repopulated it: and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan; whom they knew to…”

“Jews . . . in Moab--who had fled thither at the approach of the Chaldeans. God thus tempered the severity of His vengeance that a remnant might be left.”

“40:11-12 The new governor’s promises encouraged people of Judah who had fled to neighboring countries to move back to their land. The mention of a great harvest indicates that the Babylonians had not destroyed the crops when they laid siege to Jerusalem.”

“all the Jews: Jer 24:9; Isa 16:4; Eze 5:3, Eze 5:12, Eze 25:2, Eze 25:6, Eze 25:8, Eze 25:12, Eze 35:5, Eze 35:15; Oba 1:11-14 Jeremiah 40:13”