1. The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the guard:
2. “Thus says the Lord who made the earth, the Lord who formed it to establish it—the Lord is his name:
3. Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
4. For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah that were torn down to make a defense against the siege mounds and against the sword: