Sewaktu mengomentari hal ini, Insight on the Scriptures, Jilid 1, halaman 415, mengatakan, ”Pernyataan ’yang masih ada di kota itu’ tampaknya memperlihatkan bahwa sejumlah besar orang telah mati karena kelaparan, penyakit, atau api, ataupun mereka dibantai dalam peperangan.”
Commenting on this, Insight on the Scriptures, Volume 1, page 415, states: “The expression ‘that were left remaining in the city’ apparently indicates that great numbers had died from famine, disease, or fire, or else they were slaughtered in the war.”jw2019 jw2019