Your choicest valleys(A) are full of chariots,
    and horsemen are posted at the city gates.(B)

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39 In the ninth year of Zedekiah(A) king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar(B) king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army and laid siege(C) to it. And on the ninth day of the fourth(D) month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city wall(E) was broken through.(F) Then all the officials(G) of the king of Babylon came and took seats in the Middle Gate: Nergal-Sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-Sarsekim a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer a high official and all the other officials of the king of Babylon.

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28 They enter Aiath;
    they pass through Migron;(A)
    they store supplies(B) at Mikmash.(C)
29 They go over the pass, and say,
    “We will camp overnight at Geba.(D)
Ramah(E) trembles;
    Gibeah(F) of Saul flees.(G)
30 Cry out, Daughter Gallim!(H)
    Listen, Laishah!
    Poor Anathoth!(I)
31 Madmenah is in flight;
    the people of Gebim take cover.
32 This day they will halt at Nob;(J)
    they will shake their fist(K)
at the mount of Daughter Zion,(L)
    at the hill of Jerusalem.

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therefore the Lord is about to bring against them
    the mighty floodwaters(A) of the Euphrates—
    the king of Assyria(B) with all his pomp.(C)
It will overflow all its channels,
    run over all its banks(D)
and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it,(E)
    passing through it and reaching up to the neck.
Its outspread wings(F) will cover the breadth of your land,
    Immanuel[a]!”(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:8 Immanuel means God with us.

34 By the way that he came he will return;(A)
    he will not enter this city,”
declares the Lord.

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