25 He also took from the city one official who was overseer of the men of war , and seven of the king's advisers e who were found in the city , and the scribe of the commander of the army who mustered the people of the land , and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the midst of the city .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 52:25
Commentary on Jeremiah 52:24-30
(Read Jeremiah 52:24-30)
The leaders of the Jews caused them to err; but now they are, in particular, made monuments of Divine justice. Here is an account of two earlier captivities. This people often were wonders both of judgment and mercy.