Jeremiah 1:3

3 and through the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, down to the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.

Jeremiah 1:3 in Other Translations

3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.

3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, and until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the captivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month.

3 The LORD ’s messages continued throughout the reign of King Jehoiakim, Josiah’s son, until the eleventh year of the reign of King Zedekiah, another of Josiah’s sons. In August of that eleventh year the people of Jerusalem were taken away as captives.

3 It continued to come to him during the time Jehoiakim son of Josiah reigned over Judah. And it continued to come to him clear down to the fifth month of the eleventh year of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah over Judah, the year that Jerusalem was taken into exile.

3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.

3 The LORD also spoke when Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, was king of Judah and during the 11 years that Zedekiah, [another] son of Josiah, was king of Judah. The LORD continued to speak to Jeremiah until the people of Jerusalem were taken away into captivity in the fifth month of the year.

3 It also came throughout 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 The LORD's message also came to Jeremiah during the whole time Jehoiakim was king over Judah. Jehoiakim was the son of Josiah. The LORD continued to speak to Jeremiah until the fifth month of the 11th year that Zedekiah was king over Judah. That's when the people of Jerusalem were forced to leave their country. Zedekiah was the son of Josiah. Here is what Jeremiah said.

Jeremiah 1:3 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 1:3

And it came also in the days of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah
king of Judah
In the beginning of his reign, and in the fourth year of his reign; see ( Jeremiah 25:1 ) ( 26:1 ) ( 27:1 ) ( 35:1 ) ( 36:1 ) , no mention is made of Jehoahaz, who reigned between Josiah and Jehoiakim, because his reign was short, but three months, ( 2 Kings 23:31 ) , and perhaps no word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in his time, though it did before and after: unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of
Judah;
so that Jeremiah must prophesy in the land of Judea upwards of forty years; eighteen under Josiah, ( 2 Kings 22:11 ) , three months under Jehoahaz, ( 2 Kings 23:31 ) eleven years under Jehoiakim, ( 2 Kings 23:36 ) , three months under Jeconiah, ( 2 Kings 24:8 ) , and eleven years under Zedekiah, when the city was besieged and taken, ( 2 Kings 25:2 2 Kings 25:3 ) . Josiah had three sons as kings of Judah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, and Zedekiah, under all whom Jeremiah prophesied: even unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month:
the month Ab, which answers to part of July and part of August; and it was on the ninth or tenth day of this month that the city of Jerusalem was burnt, and the people carried captive, ( 2 Kings 25:8 2 Kings 25:9 ) ( Jeremiah 52:12 Jeremiah 52:13 ) the ninth of the said month is now kept by the Jews as a fast on that account.

Jeremiah 1:3 In-Context

1 The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.

2 The word of the LORD came to him in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,

3 and through the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, down to the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.

4 The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

Cross References

• 1. S 2 Kings 23:34
• 2. S 2 Kings 24:17; Jeremiah 39:2
• 3. Ezra 5:12; Jeremiah 52:15