⁴ For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, concerning the ^(A)houses of this city and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah which are torn down to make a defense against the ^(B)siege ramps and against the sword,

²² Into his right hand came the divination, ‘Jerusalem,’ to ^(A)set battering rams, to open the mouth ^[a]for killing, to lift up the voice with a shout of war, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up ramps, to build a siege wall.