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:

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:

A Message for Tyre

26 On February 3, during the twelfth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity,^[a] this message came to me from the Lord:

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.

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.

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.

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