They shall seek peace - They see now that their ceasing to pay the tribute to the king of Babylon has brought the Chaldeans against them; and now they sue for peace in vain. He will not hear: he is resolved on their destruction.

Destruction [heb] Cutting off
and they

Isaiah 57:21 There is no peace, said my God, to the wicked.

Isaiah 59:8-12 The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths...

Jeremiah 8:15,16 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!...

Lamentations 4:17,18 As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us...

Micah 1:12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.

"And There is None that Calleth Upon Thy Name, that Stirreth up Himself to Take Hold on Thee,"
Isaiah lxiv. 7.--"And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold on thee," &c. They go on in the confession of their sins. Many a man hath soon done with that a general notion of sin is the highest advancement in repentance that many attain to. You may see here sin and judgment mixed in thorough other(315) in their complaint. They do not so fix their eyes upon their desolate estate of captivity, as to forget their provocations. Many a man would spend more affection, …
Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning