Jeremiah 39:2

39:2 It lasted until the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year. ¹  On that day they broke through the city walls.

Jeremiah 5:15

5:15 The Lord says, ²  “Listen, ³  nation of Israel! ⁴ 

I am about to bring a nation from far away to attack you.

It will be a nation that was founded long ago

and has lasted for a long time.

It will be a nation whose language you will not know.

Its people will speak words that you will not be able to understand.

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¹ sn According to modern reckoning that would have been July 18, 586 b.c. The siege thus lasted almost a full eighteen months.

² tn Heb “oracle of the Lord.”

³ tn Heb “Behold!”

⁴ tn Heb “house of Israel.”