by the hand of the messengers] Or, by the ministery of the messengers, as Malachi 1:1. or, by the messengers. as Isaiah 37:24. Ch. 29. 3. Such Ambassadors as repaired to Zedekiah, not, as some, because Nebuchadnezzar, who made him King, 2 Kings 24:17. had withall placed him over those other ordering Kingdomes; but in likelihood rather, to solicite him to joyne with them in rebellion aginst him. Chap. 28. 22. which come] Or shall come. unto Zedekiah] Hence some gather that this was enjoyned the Prophet in the time of Jehoiakims reign, but not to be put in execution untill the reign of Zedekiah. Others suppose, that, by a slip of the scribe, Jehoiakim is put in for Zedekiah, Vers. 1. who is here again mentioned, Vers. 12. & Chap. 28. 1.