Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 32:24

24 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.

The word signifies Ramparts, or rather battering Rams, Engines of W[illegible: 1 letter]r which those Nations used to batter Walls, or to shoot great stones into places besieged.

They are already Besieging Hierusalem, and have been for some time.

And the City is even ready to be taken and cannot hold out.

Thou art just, and righteous in all this, and hast done but according to what thou thr[illegible: 1 letter]atnedst to do, to a sinful people that would not obey thy voice.

Marginal references: Or, Engines of [illegible: 1 letter]hot.; So many daily are killed, either with the Sword of the Enemy, or by Famine for want of provision, or by the Pestilence.