from the midst of the citie] Namely, from the East gate of the Temple, where he had rested the third time, Chap. 10. 19. and stood] This is Gods last step at his departure, by which is signified that God would yet make one tryall more, to see if the people would call him back by invocation, and lively repentance: Or, that God being gone out of the Citie, stood there to be present at, and see the ruine of it: See the promise of his returning upon the self-same hill, Zechariah 14:4. the mountaine] Which is the mount of Olives, 2 Samuel 15:30.