¹ And the word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, saying,

¹ Now it came about in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, that certain of the responsible men of Israel came to get directions from the Lord and were seated before me.

¹ Now in the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, when I was in my house and the responsible men of Judah were seated before me, the hand of the Lord came on me there.

¹ In the twenty-fifth year after we had been taken away prisoners, in the first month of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the town was taken, on the very same day, the hand of the Lord was on me, and he took me there.

²¹ Now in the twelfth year after we had been taken away prisoners, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, one who had got away in flight from Jerusalem came to me, saying, The town has been taken.

¹⁷ And in the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

¹ And it came about in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

¹ Now in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

¹⁷ Now in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

¹ In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

¹ Now in the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

² On the fifth day of the month, in the fifth year after King Jehoiachin had been made a prisoner,

¹² Then Jehoiachin, king of Judah, went out to the king of Babylon, with his mother and his servants and his chiefs and his unsexed servants; and in the eighth year of his rule the king of Babylon took him.