Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.
Look at the siege ramps - they have reached the city walls to capture it! The city is being handed over to the Babylonians who are fighting against it, because of war, famine, and disease. Everything you said would happen has come true, and you can see it happening right now.
Jeremiah is acknowledging to God that Jerusalem is falling to the Babylonians exactly as God had warned it would happen.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes during the final siege of Jerusalem by the Babylonian army in 586 BC. Jeremiah is speaking to God while watching the city's destruction unfold - the very destruction he had been prophesying about for years. The 'mounts' or siege ramps were earthen structures the Babylonians built against the city walls to breach them.
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