- the city is:
- "For¹ Zedekiahª kingª of Judahª had shut him up,ª° saying,ª° Wherefore¹ dost thou¹ prophesy,ª° and say,ª° Thus¹ saithª° the LORD,ª Behold,¹ I will giveª°¹ this¹ cityª into the handª of the kingª of Babylon,ª and he shall takeª° it;" {Jer 32:3} + "And thou¹ hast saidª° unto¹ me, O Lordª GOD,ª Buyª° thee the fieldª for money,ª and takeª° witnesses;ª for the cityª is givenª° into the handª of the Chaldeans.ª" {Jer 32:25} + "And now¹ therefore¹ thus¹ saithª° the LORD,ª the Godª of Israel,ª concerning¹ this¹ city,ª whereof¹ ye¹ say,ª° It shall be deliveredª° into the handª of the kingª of Babylonª by the sword,ª and by the famine,ª and by the pestilence;ª" {Jer 32:36} + "Thus¹ saithª° the LORDª Godª of Israel;ª Behold,¹ I will turn backª°¹ the weaponsª of warª that¹ [are] in your hands,ª wherewith¹ ye¹ fightª° against¹ the kingª of Babylon,ª and [against] the Chaldeans,ª which besiegeª°¹ you withoutª¹ the walls,ª and I will assembleª° them into¹ the midstª of this¹ city.ª ... And afterward,ª¹ saithª° the LORD,ª I will deliverª°¹ Zedekiahª kingª of Judah,ª and his servants,ª and the people,ª and such as are leftª° in this¹ cityª from¹ the pestilence,ª from¹ the sword,ª and from¹ the famine,ª into the handª of Nebuchadrezzarª kingª of Babylon,ª and into the handª of their enemies,ª° and into the handª of those that seekª° their life:ª and he shall smiteª° them with the edgeª of the sword;ª he shall not¹ spareª°¹ them, neither¹ have pity,ª° nor¹ have mercy.ª°" {Jer 21:4-7} + "Then came¹ the wordª of the LORDª unto¹ the prophetª Jeremiah,ª saying,ª° ... For¹ though¹ ye had smittenª° the whole¹ armyª of the Chaldeansª that fightª° against¹ you, and there remainedª° [but] woundedª° men²¹ among them, [yet] should they rise¹ up²° every manª in his tent,ª and burnª°¹ this¹ cityª with fire.ª" {Jer 37:6-10}
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