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'Behold, the 1siegeramps have reached the city to take it; and the city is 2given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fightagainst it, because* of the 3sword, the famine and the pestilence; and what You have spoken has 4come to pass; and behold, You see it.
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and gave them this land, which You swore to their forefathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey.
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'They came in and took possession of it, but they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law; they have done nothing of all that You commanded them to do; therefore You have made all this calamity come upon them.
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'Behold, the siege ramps have reached the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword, the famine and the pestilence; and what You have spoken has come to pass; and behold, You see it.
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'You have said to me, O Lord GOD, "Buy for yourself the field with money and call in witnesses "-although the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.' "
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Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,