Jerusalem Fall

Babylon army come cover Jerusalem. The heavy gates close gbam. Families hide the small food wey dem get for secret places. Soldiers climb the walls and take their positions. For outside, Babylon pack dirt and wood make dem fit block the city, higher and higher, day after day. The trap dey close...

The big men make their choice. Dem must stop Jeremiah. Im warnings dey make people want give up when enemy surround the city. Dem go meet the king. Make we kill am! The king wave im hand. Do wetin una want. The men hold Jeremiah and drag am go.

Dem use rope lower Jeremiah go inside deep pit. No water dey wait am for the bottom — only thick, dark mud. E sink enter reach im waist. Dem drop the ropes and walk away. For up, one small circle of light show the opening, e far reach where e no fit touch am.

2 Kgs 25:1