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:

The Broken Arms of Pharaoh

²⁰ On April 29,^[a] during the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the Lord:

⁵ Jerusalem was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah’s reign.

⁶ By July 18 in the eleventh year of Zedekiah’s reign,^[a] the famine in the city had become very severe, and the last of the food was entirely gone.

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