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Jeremiah 52:5

What does Jeremiah 52:5 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 52:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

So the town was shut in by their forces till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and the city cometh into siege till the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king Sedecias.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

Context

v.4And 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 encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.

v.5This passage

v.6In 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.

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