In this chapter, the very thing that was prophesied from the beginning of the book, begins to take place. The mighty Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar, comes to destroy them.
V.4-5 It was too late now. The enemy is at the gate, and the Lord says that He Himself will fight against Israel, and that the city will be taken.
V.8 Here is something to remember, “the way of life” and the “way of death.” And it is the Lord that announces the message.
V.9 Read this verse carefully. If they wished to live, they were to submit to the enemy and go out and surrender. If they wished to die, they were to refuse to go out, and remain in the guilty city.