Jeremiah 32:22-24

Expanded Bible

²² You gave them this land that you promised to their ·ancestors [fathers] long ago, a ·fertile land [land flowing with milk and honey; Gen. 12:1–3]. ²³ They came into this land and ·took it for their own [possessed it], but they did not ·obey you [^Llisten to your voice] or follow your ·teachings [laws; instructions]. They did not do everything you commanded. So you made all these terrible things happen to them.

²⁴ “Look! The ·enemy has surrounded the city and has built roads to the top of the walls [^Lsiege ramps have come to the city] to capture it. Because of ·war [^Lsword], ·hunger [famine], and ·terrible diseases [plague; pestilence], the city will be handed over to the ·Babylonians [^LChaldeans] who are attacking it. You said this would happen, and now you see it is happening.