A Year And A Half Siege?

Sorry, but I am finishing reading Jeremiah (a good book by the way) and in the story there's this little addition:

Jeremiah 52:4-5 ~ Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army. They made a camp around the city and built devices all around the city walls to attack it. This happened on Zedekiah’s ninth year, tenth month, and tenth day as king. And the city was under attack until Zedekiah’s eleventh year as king. (NCV)

Can you even imagine, a year and a half siege on your town?! I mean, I know this happened a lot in history. In fact, my namesake, the city of Troy, the reason it was so powerful was because of two things, it had a thick wall no one could break through and it had an underground water supply, so all the Trojans had to do once attacked was bring the food in and close their doors.

But I think movies have kind of ruined this (they can't show a year and half siege, that's boring). But yes, people would live locked in their city walls every day hearing the thundering sounds of armies outside trying to get in.

Can you even imagine?

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