Jer 40:7 | JFB | STEP | 7. captains . . . in the fields —The leaders of the Jewish army had been "scattered" throughout the country on the capture of Zedekiah ( ), in order to escape the notice of the Chaldeans.

Jeremiah 40:7

7. captains . . . in the fields—The leaders of the Jewish army had been "scattered" throughout the country on the capture of Zedekiah (Jer 52:8), in order to escape the notice of the Chaldeans.