Zedekiah
[Quietly] God is on our side. He has set up his tabernacle upon this hill, and my own roof stands in the shadow of his holy house. But God sends trials upon his own people. Those who swore faith to us, betrayed us; the Egyptians abandoned us; we are alone. Let us take counsel together, how to fight out our quarrel with Nebuchadnezzar, or whether we can find a means to end it.
Hananiah
Let us pray to God for a miracle. Let our hearts overflow with prayer, our altars smoke with sacrifices. What we have done once hitherto, let us now do twice over.
Nahum
There is nothing left to sacrifice, neither bulls nor rams.
Hananiah
It is false. I have heard the lowing of the cattle which you refuse to deliver up to the sacrifice.
Nahum
The last we have. They are milch cows to provide food for nursing mothers and the sick.