Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 23:3

3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countreys whither I have driven them , and will bring them again to their folds , and they shall be fruitful, and increase .

God puts a difference betwixt those that were misled by the examples of others, and the Rulers who set them such an ill example, he threatned Iehojachim and Iehojakin or Ieconiah, that they should return no more, but for the people, he here promiseth them a return at least a remnant of them, when he should have punished the goats as he speaketh Zech. 10.3.

By their Folds, he meaneth Ierusalem, and other Cities the Towns of Iudah which they had formerly inhabited:

Where they should once more be in prosperity. He speaks here concerning the return of this people out of the Captivity of Babylon, though there be some that think this text is primarily to be understood, of the gathering together in one, the people of God scattered abroad, in and by Christ according to the prophesie of Caiaphas, Iohn 11.52.