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The Lord began to speak to Jeremiah in the 13th year[a] that Josiah, son of Amon, was king of the nation of Judah. He continued to speak to Jeremiah during the time that Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, was king of Judah and during the eleven years and five months that Zedekiah, also a son of Josiah, was king of Judah. In the fifth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year as king, the people who lived in Jerusalem were taken away into exile.

God Calls Jeremiah

The Lord’s message came to me:

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 1:2 the 13th year That is, 627 B.C.

The word of the Lord came(A) to him in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah(B) son of Amon king of Judah, and through the reign of Jehoiakim(C) son of Josiah king of Judah, down to the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah(D) son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.(E)

The Call of Jeremiah

The word of the Lord came to me, saying,

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