- the city:
- This being the ninth day of the fourth month, corresponded to Wednesday, July 27. "Go ye upª° upon her walls,ª and destroy;ª° but makeª° not¹ a full end:ª take awayª° her battlements;ª for¹ they¹ [are] not¹ the LORD'S.ª" {Jer 5:10} + "[And] in the eleventhªª yearª of Zedekiah,ª in the fourthª month,ª the ninthª [day] of the month,ª the cityª was broken up.ª° ... And all¹ the princesª of the kingª of Babylonª came in,ª° and satª° in the middleª gate,ª [even] Nergalsharezer,ª Samgarnebo,ª Sarsechim,ª Rabsaris,ª Nergalsharezer,ª Rabmag,ª with all¹ the residueª of the princesª of the kingª of Babylon.ª" {Jer 39:2-3} + "And in the fourthª month,ª in the ninthª [day] of the month,ª the famineª was soreª° in the city,ª so that there was¹ no¹ breadª for the peopleª of the land.ª" {Jer 52:6} + "Then the cityª was broken up,ª° and all¹ the men²¹ of warª fled,ª° and went forthª° out of the cityª¹ by nightª by the wayª of the gateª between¹ the two walls,ª which¹ [was] by¹ the king'sª garden;ª (now the Chaldeansª [were] by¹ the cityª round about:)ª and they went²°¹ by the wayª of the plain.ª ... Then he put outª° the eyesª of Zedekiah;ª and the kingª of Babylonª boundª° him in chains,ª and carriedª° him to Babylon,ª and putª° him in prisonªª till¹ the dayª of his death.ª" {Jer 52:7-11} + "And it came to pass¹ in the twelfthªª yearª of our captivity,ª in the tenthª [month], in the fifthª [day] of the month,ª [that] one that had escapedª out of Jerusalemª¹ cameª° unto¹ me, saying,ª° The cityª is smitten.ª°" {Ezk 33:21}
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