² He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, just as Jehoiakim^(A) had done. ³ It was because of the Lord’s anger that all this happened to Jerusalem and Judah,^(B) and in the end he thrust them from his presence.^(C)

Now Zedekiah rebelled^(D) against the king of Babylon.

⁴ So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth^(E) day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem^(F) with his whole army. They encamped outside the city and built siege works^(G) all around it.^(H)