The following message came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah. This was also the eighteenth year of the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar.
Parallel translations
- WEB The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.
- KJV The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.
- BSB This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.
- NKJV The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.
- NASB The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.
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Quick answer
This word came to Jeremiah in Zedekiah's tenth year, Nebuchadnezzar's eighteenth, dating the events to about 588-587 BC. It sets the historical setting just before Jerusalem's fall.
Overview
The careful dating roots the prophecy in real history, during the final Babylonian siege of Jerusalem. This precision underscores that God's word and acts occur in verifiable time and circumstance. The dark hour of the siege becomes the backdrop for a striking sign of hope, the purchase of a field, showing God's promises shine brightest against the deepest despair.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Jer 39:1–2When Jerusalem was taken, (in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem, and besieged it.
- 2 Kgs 25:1–2In the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it around it.
- Jer 25:1The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (the same was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon),
- 2 Chr 36:11Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
- Jer 52:4–5In the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.
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