And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, [that] one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.
Ver. 21. In the twelfth year.] Some read the eleventh year; and indeed it was wonder that such ill news came no sooner, for αι βλαβαι ποδωκεις, saith Sophocles.
That one that had escaped.] a This God had promised. Eze 24:26
The city is smitten,] i.e., Sacked and burnt. This man spoke much in few.
a Superates tragis.