1
Nevukhadnetzar advanced toward Yehudah.
2
Villages fell, roads were seized, and people fled into fortified places.
3
The army surrounded Yerushalayim.
4
Famine began slowly and then became severe.
5
The wealthy consumed what they had stored; afterward silver could not purchase what no one possessed.
6
Parents looked upon their children and had no bread to give them.
7
Still many refused to understand why the prophet had warned them.