in the twilight] Now by night Zedechias fled through the Kings garden, and through the gate between the two wals; and he went through the fields: the Chaldeans took him at Jericho, brought him to Riblah, condemned him, slew his children before his eyes, and brought him to Babel: but he never saw Babel, being made blinde before. a sign unto the house of Israel] Thus the wheeles of Gods government appear full of eyes, that so accordingly ruled Zedechia’s case.