Jeremiah 39:2

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“And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.”

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BSBPD

“And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 39:2 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Kings 25:3By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
  2. Jeremiah 1:3and through the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, until the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.
  3. Jeremiah 5:10Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.
  4. Jeremiah 52:6By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
  5. Ezekiel 33:21In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken!”
  6. Micah 2:12I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will collect the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in the midst of its pasture— a noisy throng.
  7. Zephaniah 1:10On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.

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