²⁴ Behold, the ^(A)siege ramps have reached the city to take it; and the city is ^(B)given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the ^(C)sword, the famine and the pestilence; and what You have spoken has ^(D)come to pass; and behold, You see it.

⁴ For thus says the Lord God of Israel concerning the ^(A)houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah which are broken down to make a defense against the ^(B)siege ramps and against the sword,