What does Jeremiah 52:7 mean?

Then the city wall was broken through, and all the soldiers ran away at night through the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, even though the Babylonians had surrounded the city. They escaped toward the Arabah. Jeremiah 52:7 - Modern Text Bible

(When the city’s defenses fail, the soldiers try to escape under cover of darkness, but the enemy is everywhere.)