At that timethe servantsof Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babylonwentup to Jerusalem,and the citycameunder siege.
And Nebuchadnezzarthe kingof Babyloncameto the city,while his servantswere besiegingit.
He didevilin the sightof the LORD,according to allthat his fatherhad done.
So the citywas under siegeuntilthe eleventhyearof KingZedekiah.
And [some] of your sonswhowill issuefrom you, whomyou will beget,will be takenaway, and they will becomeofficialsin the palaceof the kingof Babylon.'"
AfterNebuchadnezzarkingof Babylonhad carriedawaycaptiveJeconiahthe sonof Jehoiakim,kingof Judah,and the officialsof Judahwith the craftsmenand smithsfrom Jerusalemand had broughtthem to Babylon,the LORDshowedme: behold,twobasketsof figssetbeforethe templeof the LORD!
"Israelis a scatteredflock,the lionshave driven[them] away.The firstone[who] devouredhim was the kingof Assyria,and thislastone[who] has brokenhis bonesis Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babylon.
"You therefore, sonof man,prophesyand clap[your] handstogether;and let the swordbe doubledthe thirdtime,the swordfor the slain.It is the swordfor the greatoneslain,which surroundsthem,
