1. While Jeremiah was still locked up in the courtyard of the guards, the message from the Lord came to him a second time:
2. “The Lord made the earth, and he keeps it safe. The Lord is his name. He says,
3. ‘Judah, pray to me, and I will answer you. I will tell you important secrets. You have never heard these things before.’
4. The Lord is the God of Israel. This is what he says about the houses in Jerusalem and about the palaces of the kings of Judah: ‘The enemy will pull these houses down. They will build ramps up to the top of the city walls. They will use swords and fight the people in these cities.