“(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)”
The list of officials and inhabitants who had been exiled by Nebuchadnezzar (presumably during the 597 BCE deportation) provides context for understanding why the exiles might be tempted to support false prophets promising rapid return. The mention that the queen mother was included in the exile indicates that the entire royal family structure was disrupted, destabilizing the political context and creating psychological distress that false hope might temporarily alleviate. This verse establishes that those addressed in the letter were from the highest social strata and had the most to lose through continued exile.
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