The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 43:5

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

All the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations. The specification is peculiar, as it seems to leave out of sight the most important part of the gathering at Mizpah, via. the "men, and women, and children, and those of the poor of the land" (Jeremiah 40:7)—the very persons who are mentioned just afterwards.

Possibly there is some confusion in the text. "All nations" doubtless means especially Moab, Ammon, and Edom.

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