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Jeremiah 39:1

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.

KJV

Anno nono Sedeciæ regis Juda, mense decimo, venit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis, et omnis exercitus ejus, ad Jerusalem, et obsidebant eam.

Vulgate

Ὁ λόγος ὁ γενόμενος παρὰ Κυρίου πρὸς Ἰερεμίαν ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ τῷ δεκάτῳ βασιλεῖ Σεδεκίᾳ, οὗτος ἐνιαυτὸς ὀκτωκαιδέκατος τῷ βασιλεῖ Ναβουχοδονοσὸρ βασιλεῖ Βαβυλῶνος.

LXX

(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 besieged it;

ASV

בַּ/שָּׁנָ֣ה הַ֠/תְּשִׁעִית לְ/צִדְקִיָּ֨הוּ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָ֜ה בַּ/חֹ֣דֶשׁ הָ/עֲשִׂרִ֗י בָּ֠א נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֨ר מֶֽלֶךְ בָּבֶ֤ל וְ/כָל חֵיל/וֹ֙ אֶל יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וַ/יָּצֻ֖רוּ עָלֶֽי/הָ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People JudahZedekiahJudahNebuchadnezzar

In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
בָּבֶ֖ל
bbl
proper_noun · 262×
וֹ
v
noun · 232×
חֹ֣דֶשׁ
chdsh
noun · 280×
יְהוּדָ֔ה
yhvdh
proper_noun · 809×
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
yrvshlm
proper_noun · 634×
יָּ֥צַר
ytsr
verb · 36×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥ר
nbvkdr'tsr
proper_noun · 59×
עֲשִׂירִ֔י
'shyry
adjective · 29×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ
tsdqyhv
proper_noun · 63×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×
תְּשִׁיעִ֔י
tshy'y
adjective · 18×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Covers Hezekiah's reforms and Sennacherib's invasion, the reigns of Manasseh and Josiah, the fall of Jerusalem to Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC, the destruction of Solomon's Temple, the exile to Babylon, and the career of the prophet Daniel. Josephus explicitly cites Isaiah's prophecy of Cyrus and Daniel's prophecies, calling Daniel one of the greatest prophets.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 24:1 — Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
  • Ezek 24:2 — Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.
  • Ezra 5:12 — But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people a
  • Jer 6:3 — The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.
  • Jer 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.
  • Jer 34:22 — Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation wit
  • Jer 42:18 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter
  • Jer 52:4 — 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 aga
  • Jer 52:4 — 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 aga
  • Neh 7:6 — These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem an