31. Messenger after messenger runs to tell the king of Babylonia that his city has been broken into from every side.
32. The enemy have captured the river crossing and have set the fortresses on fire. The Babylonian soldiers have panicked.
33. Soon the enemy will cut them down and trample them like corn on a threshing place. I, the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, have spoken.”
34. The king of Babylonia cut Jerusalem upand ate it.He emptied the city like a jar;like a monster he swallowed it.He took what he wantedand threw the rest away.