Jeremiah 32:1

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.

2 For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house.

3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

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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.
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.
DARBY
The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah: that year was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.
BLB
The word that came to be to Jeremiah from YHWH in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which [was] the eighth year [and] tenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.
ÅB
Dette er det ord som kom til Jeremias fra Herren i Judas konge Sedekias' tiende år, det er Nebukadnesars attende år.
OTB
Herrens ord kom til Jeremias i det tiende året til Sidkia, kongen av Juda, som var det attende året til Nebukadnesar.
B1930
Dette er det ord som kom til Jeremias fra Herren i Judas konge Sedekias' tiende år, det er Nebukadnesars attende år.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 39:1–2

    In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.

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  • 2 Kings 25:1–2

    And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.

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  • Jeremiah 25:1

    The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;

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  • Jeremiah 52:4–5

    And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.

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  • 2 Chronicles 36:11

    Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

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