Jeremiah 39:1Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 versionIn the ninth year of Sedecias king of Juda, in the tenth month, came Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon and all his army to Jerusalem, and they besieged it. See the chapter |
For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: As my anger and my indignation hath been kindled against the inhabitants of Jerusalem: so shall my indignation be kindled against you, when you shall enter into Egypt. And you shall be an execration and an astonishment and a curse and a reproach: and you shall see this place no more.
A third part thou shalt burn with fire in the midst of the city, according to the fulfilling of the days of the siege: and thou shalt take a third part, and cut it in pieces with the knife all round about: and the other third part thou shalt scatter in the wind, and I will draw out the sword after them.