⁴ For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah that were torn down to make a defense against ^(A)the siege mounds and against the sword:

^2 (A)And put siegeworks against it, ^(B)and build a siege wall against it, ^(C)and cast up a mound against it. Set camps also against it, ^(D)and plant battering rams against it all around.

²⁴ Behold, ^(A)the siege mounds have come up to the city to take it, and ^(B)because of sword and famine and pestilence ^(C)the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What you spoke has come to pass, and behold, you see it.

²² Into his right hand comes the divination for Jerusalem, ^(A)to set battering rams, to open the mouth with murder, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, ^(B)to cast up mounds, to build siege towers.

⁸ He will kill with the sword ^(A)your daughters on the mainland. ^(B)He will set up a siege wall against you and throw up a mound against you, and raise ^(C)a roof of shields against you.