Jeremiah 32:24
Context32:24 Even now siege ramps have been built up around the city 1 in order to capture it. War, 2 starvation, and disease are sure to make the city fall into the hands of the Babylonians 3 who are attacking it. 4 Lord, 5 you threatened that this would happen. Now you can see that it is already taking place. 6
Jeremiah 34:22
Context34:22 For I, the Lord, affirm that 7 I will soon give the order and bring them back to this city. They will fight against it and capture it and burn it down. I will also make the towns of Judah desolate so that there will be no one living in them.”’”
1 tn Heb “Siege ramps have come up to the city to capture it.”
2 tn Heb “sword.”
3 tn Heb “The Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for further explanation.
4 tn Heb “And the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it because of the sword, starvation, and disease.” The verb “has been given” is one of those perfects that view the action as good as done (the perfect of certainty or prophetic perfect).
5 tn The word “
6 tn Heb “And what you said has happened and behold you see it.”
7 tn Heb “Oracle of the