Take great stones in your hand, and hide them in mortar in the brick work, which is at the entry of Par`oh's house in Tachpanches, in the sight of the men of Yehudah;
He brought forth the people who were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick kiln: and thus did he to all the cities of the children of `Ammon. David and all the people returned to Yerushalayim.
and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.
and tell them, Thus says the LORD of Armies, the God of Yisra'el: Behold, I will send and take Nevukhadnetzar 1 the king of Bavel, my servant, and will set his throne on these stones that I have hidden; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.
Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will give Par`oh Chofra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of those who seek his life; as I gave Tzidkiyahu king of Yehudah into the hand of Nevukhadnetzar 1 king of Bavel, who was his enemy, and sought his life.
Coming to us, and taking Sha'ul's belt, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, *Thus says the Holy Spirit: 'So will the Judeans at Yerushalayim bind the man who owns this belt, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'*
A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, *Thus with violence will Bavel, the great city, be thrown down, and will be found no more at all.