² This happened during the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity.

The New Temple Area

40 On April 28,^[a] during the twenty-fifth year of our captivity—fourteen years after the fall of Jerusalem—the Lord took hold of me.

The Rebellion of Israel

20 On August 14,^[a] during the seventh year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, some of the leaders of Israel came to request a message from the Lord. They sat down in front of me to wait for his reply.

Idolatry in the Temple

8 Then on September 17,^[a] during the sixth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, while the leaders of Judah were in my home, the Sovereign Lord took hold of me.

¹² Then King Jehoiachin, along with the queen mother, his advisers, his commanders, and his officials, surrendered to the Babylonians.

In the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, he took Jehoiachin prisoner. ¹³ As the Lord had said beforehand, Nebuchadnezzar carried away all the treasures from the Lord’s Temple and the royal palace. He stripped away^[a] all the gold objects that King Solomon of Israel had placed in the Temple. ¹⁴ King Nebuchadnezzar took all of Jerusalem captive, including all the commanders and the best of the soldiers, craftsmen, and artisans—10,000 in all. Only the poorest people were left in the land.

¹⁵ Nebuchadnezzar led King Jehoiachin away as a captive to Babylon, along with the queen mother, his wives and officials, and all Jerusalem’s elite.

Nebuchadnezzar to Conquer Egypt

¹⁷ On April 26, the first day of the new year,^[a] during the twenty-seventh year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the Lord:

Egypt Compared to Fallen Assyria

31 On June 21,^[a] during the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the Lord:

A Message for Egypt

29 On January 7,^[a] during the tenth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the Lord: