⁷ Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion ^(A)(that is, the City of David).

¹² Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Lord has ^[a]performed all His work ^(A)on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, that He will say, ^(B)“I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his haughty looks.”

Symbol of the Wine Bottles

¹² “Therefore you shall speak to them this word: ‘Thus says the Lord God of Israel: “Every bottle shall be filled with wine.” ’

“And they will say to you, ‘Do we not certainly know that every bottle will be filled with wine?’

¹³ “Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land—even the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem—^(A)with drunkenness! ¹⁴ And ^(B)I will dash them ^[a]one against another, even the fathers and the sons together,” says the Lord. “I will not pity nor spare nor have mercy, but will destroy them.” ’ ”

The Fall of Jerusalem^(A)

39 In the ^(B)ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem, and besieged it.