After that Jeconiah and the queen, &c. By the queen is meant Jeconiah's mother: see 2 Kings 24:12-15, where an account is given of this captivity. And the eunuchs Or court-officers, as Dr. Waterland renders it; and the princes of Judah and Jerusalem Men of authority and influence among the people. By the hand of Elasah, &c. Zedekiah having some occasion to send two messengers to Babylon, Jeremiah, knowing that as there were false prophets at Jerusalem who fed the people with hopes of a speedy return, so there were some with them in Babylon, writes and sends the following prophecy by these two messengers, to quiet the people's minds, disturbed by these false prophets, and excited to vain hopes, for which there was no ground at all.
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Jeremiah 29:2-3
2 (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)
3 By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,