Footnote

a Regarding the situation after Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians, Jeremiah 52:15 speaks of “some of the lowly ones of the people and the rest of the people that were left remaining in the city.” Commenting on this, Insight on the Scriptures, Volume 1, page 415, states: “The expression ‘that were left remaining in the city’ apparently indicates that great numbers had died from famine, disease, or fire, or else they were slaughtered in the war.”