John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 32:5

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, etc.] As he did in chains, from Riblah, where he was brought unto him after he was taken, endeavouring to make his escape, (<245208>Jeremiah 52:8,9,11); and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the Lord; in taking him away by death; for he continued in Babylon to the time of his death, which was not violent, but natural; and, considering his circumstances, his captivity, imprisonment, and loss of sight, might be reckoned a visitation in mercy: though some understand this of God’s visiting the people at the return of them from their seventy years’ captivity; if Zedekiah lived till then, he must be a very old man; but of this we have no account, nor is it probable: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper; though they should sally out upon them, in order to beat them out of their trenches, and drive them from the walls of the city, yet without success.

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