28 These are the people whom Nebuchadrezzar took away prisoner: in the seventh year, three thousand and twenty-three Jews:

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 52:28

Commentary on Jeremiah 52:24-30

(Read Jeremiah 52:24-30)

The leaders of the Jews caused them to err; but now they are, in particular, made monuments of Divine justice. Here is an account of two earlier captivities. This people often were wonders both of judgment and mercy.