priests] For there were both of the people and of the Priests, which doubted as touching this controversie, besides them which yet remained in Chaldea, and reasoned of it, as of one of the points of their religion. fasted and mourned] Isaiah 58:5. seventh moneth] This other fast was appointed for the death of Gedaliah, which happened in this moneth, 2 Kings 25:25. Jeremiah 41:1, &c. whereupon followed the totall dispersion of the remainder of the people. seventie yeers] During the captivitie Chap. 1. 12. unto me] To humble your selves, and turne with your hearts to me: was it not onely through a carnall feeling of your evils? Isaiah 58:3. Hosea 7:14.