It camealso in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiahking of Judah, unto the end of the eleventhyear of Zedekiah the son of Josiahking of Judah, unto the carryingaway of Jerusalemcaptive in the fifthmonth.
See, I havethis day set theeover the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pulldown, and to destroy, and to throwdown, to build, and to plant.
For, lo, I willcall all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and theyshallcome, and theyshall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the wallsthereofroundabout, and against all the cities of Judah.
And I willutter my judgmentsagainstthemtouching all theirwickedness, who haveforsaken me, and haveburnedincenseuntoothergods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
For, behold, I havemadetheethis day a defencedcity, and an ironpillar, and brasenwallsagainst the wholeland, against the kings of Judah, against the princesthereof, against the prieststhereof, and against the people of the land.