1. And the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah a second time while he was still held back in the courtyard of the guard, saying,
2. “Thus says Yahweh who made the earth, Yahweh who formed it to establish it, Yahweh is his name:
3. ‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and I will tell you great things and inaccessible things that you have not known.’
4. For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, that were torn down to make a defense against the siege ramps and against the sword: