³ It was because of the Lord’s anger that all this happened to Jerusalem and Judah,^(A) and in the end he thrust them from his presence.^(B)

Now Zedekiah rebelled^(C) against the king of Babylon.

⁴ So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth^(D) day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem^(E) with his whole army. They encamped outside the city and built siege works^(F) all around it.^{(G) 5} The city was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.