broken up. breached. Before this an Egyptian force approached and the Babylonians retired (Jeremiah 37:5-11). The relief was only temporary, as predicted.
fled. Some codices, with Syriac, read "the men of war fled, and went forth by night". Compare Jeremiah 39:4; Jeremiah 1:7.
two. the two.
now. Note Figure of speech Parenthesis.