<t /><p class="bodytext">The people say,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Why are we just sitting here?p> <p class="poetry">Let us gather together inside the fortified cities.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Let us at least die there fighting,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">since the <sc>Lordsc> our God has condemned us to die.p> <p class="poetry">He has condemned us to drink the poison waters of judgment<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">because we have sinned against him.<n id="5" />p>

But when King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded the land we said, &#8216;Let&#8217;s get up and go to Jerusalem<n id="1" /> to get away from the Babylonian<n id="2" /> and Aramean armies.&#8217; That is why we are staying here in Jerusalem.&#8221;p>