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Jeremiah 33:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says concerning the houses of this city and the palaces of Judah’s kings, the ones torn down for defence against the assault ramps and the sword:

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They mock   kings, and rulers are a joke to them. They laugh  at every fortress and build siege ramps to capture   it.


Then lay siege against it:  Construct a siege wall, build a ramp, pitch military camps, and place battering rams against it on all sides.


Look! Siege ramps  have come against the city to capture it, and the city, as a result of the sword, famine, and plague, has been handed over to the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What you have spoken has happened. Look, you can see it!


The answer marked  Jerusalem appears in his right hand, indicating that he should set up battering rams,  give the order to  slaughter, raise a battle cry, set battering rams against the gates, build a ramp, and construct a siege wall.


He will slaughter your villages on the mainland with the sword. He will set up siege works,  build a ramp, and raise a wall of shields against you.


for the ground of my people growing thorns and briars, indeed, for every joyous house in the jubilant city.


For the palace will be deserted, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become barren places for ever, the joy of wild donkeys, and a pasture for flocks,


For this is what the Lord of Armies says: Cut down the trees; raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished. There is nothing but oppression within her.


The Lord has rejected his altar, repudiated his sanctuary; he has handed the walls of her palaces over to the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the  Lord as on the day of an appointed festival.


But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce food. You may cut them down to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.


You counted the houses of Jerusalem so that you could tear them down to fortify the wall.





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