6:4 They will say, 1 ‘Prepare to do battle 2 against it!
Come on! Let’s attack it at noon!’
But later they will say, 3 ‘Oh, oh! Too bad! 4
The day is almost over
and the shadows of evening are getting long.
6:5 So come on, let’s go ahead and attack it by night
and destroy all its fortified buildings.’
6:6 All of this is because 5 the Lord who rules over all 6 has said:
‘Cut down the trees around Jerusalem
and build up a siege ramp against its walls. 7
This is the city which is to be punished. 8
Nothing but oppression happens in it. 9