Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 44:2

2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel. Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and behold, this day, they a[illegible: 1 letter]e a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein .

H[illegible: 1 letter] [illegible: 1 word] to the late destruction of it by the King of Baby[illegible: 3 letters] this remnant of the peo[illegible: 1 letter]le, was a brand pluck'd out of that fire▪ and their e[illegible: 1 letter]es had been Wi[illegible: 1 letter]nes[illegible: 1 letter]es, to the desolations that God had wrought.