So the citywas under siegeuntilthe eleventhyearof KingZedekiah.
At that timethe servantsof Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babylonwentup to Jerusalem,and the citycameunder siege.
Now in the ninthyearof his reign,on the tenthday of the tenthmonth,Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babyloncame,he and allhis army,againstJerusalem,campedagainstit and builta siegewallallaroundit.
On the ninthday of the [fourth] monththe faminewas so severein the citythat there was nofoodfor the peopleof the land.
The wordthat cameto Jeremiahfrom the LORDin the tenthyearof Zedekiahkingof Judah,whichwas the eighteenthyearof Nebuchadnezzar.
"It shall besiegeyou in allyour townsuntilyour highand fortifiedwallsin whichyou trustedcomedownthroughoutyour land,and it shall besiegeyou in allyour townsthroughoutyour landwhichthe LORDyour Godhas givenyou.
