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Jeremiah 39:2

What does Jeremiah 39:2 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 39:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city),

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city),

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the town was broken into:)

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, in the ninth of the month, hath the city been broken up;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And in the eleventh year of Sedecias, in the fourth month, the fifth day of the month, the city was opened.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, the city was broken into;

Context

v.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 besieged it;

v.2This passage

v.3that all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, to wit, Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, with all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Zephaniah 1:10

    And in that day, saith Jehovah, there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.

  • Jeremiah 5:10

    Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her branches; for they are not Jehovah’s.

  • Jeremiah 52:6

    In the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

  • 2 Kings 25:3

    On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

  • Ezekiel 33:21

    And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

  • Micah 2:12

    I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as a flock in the midst of their pasture; they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.

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