¹⁹ Then ^(A)they burned the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its fortified buildings with fire and destroyed all its valuable articles.

² “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘^(A)Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and say to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Behold, ^(B)I am handing this city over to the king of Babylon, and ^(C)he will burn it with fire.

¹⁰ For ^(A)even if you had defeated the entire army of Chaldeans who were fighting against you, and there were only wounded men left among them, each man in his tent, they would rise up and ^(B)burn this city with fire.’”

¹⁸ But if you do ^(A)not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city ^(B)will be handed over to the Chaldeans; and they will burn it with fire, and ^(C)you yourself will not escape from their hands.’”

⁸ The Chaldeans also ^(A)burned the king’s palace and the houses of the people with fire, and they ^(B)tore down the walls of Jerusalem.