Jeremiah 37:10

Remained but wounded. A graphic figure illustrating the certainty of Jerusalem’s doom. In view of the fast-approaching destruction of the Temple, some of the righteous in Jerusalem determined to place the sacred ark beyond the reach of the ruthless hands of the invading armies (see on ch. 27:19). The present interlude in the final siege, during which the Babylonians temporarily lifted the siege to meet the threat of an advancing army from Egypt (see on ch. 32:2), afforded these pious men the needed opportunity to hide the ark. With mourning and sadness they secretly carried the ark to a safe hiding place in a cave, where it is “yet hidden. It has never been disturbed since it was secreted” (PK 453). Within the ark were the tables of stone on which God had written the Ten Commandments with His own finger (Deut. 10:1-5). See EGW, Supplementary Material, on Ex. 31:18.