Jeremiah 40:11
Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;
Jeremiah 40:11 stands at the beginning of the closing chapters of Jeremiah, which extend through Lamentations 2 and recount the personal experiences of Jeremiah himself and the going into Egypt. It belongs to the account of the Jews who remained in the land after Zedekiah's captivity and who later fled to Egypt. It reports that the Jews who were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah and had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan.
This remnant was later dispersed by the king of Ammon. Their return, described in the next verse, shows that the remnant can become a rallying center for people who want to know and follow God's ways, and in the last days honest-hearted people from all nations will join God's remnant.