They burnt the house of God. — 2 Kings 25:9.
Brake down the wall ... — Jeremiah 39:8; 2 Kings 25:9-10.
And destroyed all the goodly vessels. — Literally, And all her delightsome vessels were for destroying (lĕhashchîth). (Comp. Isaiah 64:11): “all our pleasant things are laid waste.” 2 Kings 25:13 speaks of the breaking-up of the great vessels of the Temple, for the sake of carrying off their material more easily.
Servants to him and his sons... kingdom Of Persia. — A fulfilment of Jeremiah’s prophecy concerning Nebuchadnezzar: “And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the time of his own land come” (Jeremiah 27:7). Comp. also Isaiah’s word to Hezekiah (2 Kings 20:18.)