The passage in Jeremiah 34:1–7 began with a description of the powerful forces that were bearing down on Jerusalem (Jeremiah 34:1) and it ends with a similar description of the hopeless situation the city faced. The Babylonian forces are on Jerusalem’s doorstep, and all the surrounding cities have fallen. The only two still standing are Lachish and Azekah. They had been built to protect Jerusalem from attack from the west and the south-west, but soon they too would fall1.
7 Et l'armée du roi de Babylone combattait contre Jérusalem et contre toutes les autres villes de Juda, contre Lakis et Azéka, car c'étaient des villes fortes qui restaient parmi les villes de Juda.