Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 30:18

18 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacobs tents, and have mercy on his dwelling places , and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the place shall remain after the manner thereof .

This verse manifestly is a promise of the rebuilding of the City, and was fulfilled in the times of Ezra, and the term captivity, which in its proper sense relates to persons, not to places, being here applyed to places, signifies the miserable state of Ierusalem, upon the taking it by Nebuchadnezzar, which God promiseth to change or alter under the notion of bringing again: So we read of the captivity of Iob, who yet strictly was never a captive, Iob 42.10.

Whether by the term heap be meant the heap of rubbish, into which the City was turned upon the taking of it by the King of Babylon, or the hill upon which the City was builded, is not much material; by the Pa[illegible: 1 letter]ace is meant either the Kings house, or the Temple; So the verse is a promise of the building again of the City, the Temple, and the chief Governours house, all which was fulfilled by Ezra, Nehemiah and Zorobabel, the History of which we read in the books wrote by Ezra and Nehemiah.

Marginal references: Or, little hill.