3. Then the Lord spoke to me, and I told the men who had been sent to me
4. to tell Zedekiah that the Lord, the God of Israel, had said, “Zedekiah, I am going to defeat your army that is fighting against the king of Babylonia and his army. I will pile up your soldiers' weapons in the centre of the city.
5. I will fight against you with all my might, my anger, my wrath, and my fury.
6. I will kill everyone living in this city; people and animals alike will die of a terrible disease.