The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any of the world’s inhabitants, That foe or enemy could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
On the seventh day of the fifth month (this was in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon), Nebuzaradan, captain of the bodyguard, came to Jerusalem as the agent of the king of Babylon.
Beware! I am against you, Ruler of the Valley, Rock of the Plain—oracle of the Lord. You say, “Who will attack us, who can storm our defenses?”