2Ch 35:25, 36:3, 6-7, 10, 17, Jer 4:5-6, 19, 6:1 | ESV | STEP | Jeremiah also uttered a lament for Josiah ; and all the singing men and singing women have spoken of Josiah in their laments to this day . They made these a rule in Israel ; behold , they are written in the Laments .

2 Chronicles 35:25

25 ^aJeremiah also uttered a lament for Josiah; and all ^bthe singing men and singing women have spoken of Josiah in their laments to this day. They made these a rule in Israel; behold, they are written in the Laments.

2 Chronicles 36:3

3 Then the king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and ^claid on the land a tribute of a hundred talents of silver and a talent ^{▼▼A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms} of gold.

2 Chronicles 36:6-7

6 ^eAgainst him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon ^fand bound him in chains ^gto take him to Babylon. 7 ^hNebuchadnezzar also carried part of the vessels of the house of the Lord to Babylon and put them in his palace in Babylon.

2 Chronicles 36:10

10 In ⁱthe spring of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, ^jwith the precious vessels of the house of the Lord, and made his brother ^kZedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:17

Jerusalem Captured and Burned

17 ^lTherefore he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or aged. He gave them all into his hand.

Jeremiah 4:5-6

Disaster from the North

5 Declare in Judah, and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say,

^m“Blow the trumpet through the land;
cry aloud and say,
ⁿ‘Assemble, and let us go
into the fortified cities!’
6 ^oRaise a standard toward Zion,
flee for safety, stay not,
for I bring disaster from ^pthe north,
^qand great destruction.

Jeremiah 4:19

Anguish over Judah’s Desolation

19 ^rMy anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain!
Oh the walls of my heart!
My heart is beating wildly;
I cannot keep silent,
for I hear the sound of the trumpet,
the alarm of war.

Jeremiah 6:1

Impending Disaster for Jerusalem

1 Flee for safety, ^sO people of Benjamin,
from the midst of Jerusalem!
Blow the trumpet in ^tTekoa,
and raise a signal on ^uBeth-haccherem,
for disaster looms ^vout of the north,
and great destruction.