I will gather all nations] That is, the Romanes, Lords of all nations. and the citie shall be taken] Here the last destruction of Jerusalem is more plainly described then before, when God would execute against her his last judgements for the sinnes of the Jewes, but especially for slaying the chief shepherd, and Authour of life, Christ his Sonne, Act. 2. 22, 23. &13. 15. half of the citie shall go forth into captivitie] God shall suffer a great part of his people to be discomfited and subdued. and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the citie] To wit, they which before the siege went out of the citie, and betook themselves to Pella. See on Chap. 13. 8, 9.