In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.
Ver. 4. In those days, and at that time.] Destructio Babel salus est populo Dei; so shall it be at the ruin of Rome.
The children of Israel shall come, and the children of Judah together.] In better times they could not agree; but when they were both in a weeping condition, misery bred unity, as it did also between Hooper and Ridley, when they were both in prison for the truth.
Going and weeping.] Tears of sorrow for their sins, and tears of joy for their deliverance by Cyrus, but especially by Christ.
They shall go and seek the Lord their God.] Whom they had long been without, and do now long and linger after.