in/with/by — a year (as a revolution of time)הַ֠תְּשִׁעִית
tᵉshîyʻîy
the — ninthלְצִדְקִיָּ֨הוּ
Tsidqîyâh
to/for — Tsidkijah, the name of six Israelitesמֶלֶךְ
melek
a kingיְהוּדָ֜ה
Yᵉhûwdâh
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territoryבַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ
chôdesh
in/with/by — the new moon; by implication, a monthהָעֲשִׂרִ֗י
ʻăsîyrîy
the — tenth; by abbreviation, tenth month or (feminine) partבָּ֠א
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֨ר
Nᵉbûwkadneʼtstsar
Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of Babylonמֶֽלֶךְ
melek
a kingבָּבֶ֤ל
Bâbel
Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empireוְכָל
kôl
and — properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)חֵילוֹ֙
chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strengthאֶל
ʼêl
near, with or among; often in general, toיְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestineוַיָּצֻ֖רוּ
tsûwr
and — to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)עָלֶֽיהָ
ʻal
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
Jeremiah 39:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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Now regarding the capture of Jerusalem: In the ninth year of [the reign of] Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and besieged it; [Jer 52:4-27]
This chapter is the book's central structural payoff - everything predicted from ch.1 onward finally happens exactly as stated, narrated in plain, unadorned prose.
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Today's memory verse · from this session
“Now regarding the capture of Jerusalem: In the ninth year of [the reign of] Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and besieged it; [Jer 52:4-27]”
This chapter is the book's central structural payoff - everything predicted from ch.1 onward finally happens exactly as stated, narrated in plain, unadorned prose.