Jeremiah 52 · John Wesley
Weary - With that weight of judgment which shall be upon them. The words - The prophetical words of Jeremiah; for the matter of the next chapter is historical, and the book of Lamentations is not prophetical.
Zedekiah - It is generally thought that this chapter was not penned by Jeremiah, who, it is not probable, would have so largely repeated what he had related before; and could not historically relate what happened after his time, as some things did which are mentioned towards the end of the chapter. Probably it was penned by some of those in Babylon, and put in here as a preface to the book of Lamentations.
Three - It is probable there were more keepers of the door, but the captain of the guard took only three of the chief.
All the persons were four thousand and six hundred - How amazingly were the Jews diminished, that this handful was all who were carried captive!