KJV King James Version
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
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Jeremiah 27:1
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD.
WEB World English Bible
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
ASV American Standard Version
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, hath this word been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 27
1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2 Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
3 And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;
4 And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;
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בְּרֵאשִׁ֗יתH7225 · re.shitfirst: beginningמַמְלֶ֛כֶתH4467 · mam.la.khahkingdomיְהוֹיָקִ֥םH3079 · ye.ho.ya.qimJehoiakimבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childיֹאושִׁיָּ֖הוּH2977 · yo.shiy.yahJosiahמֶ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingיְהוּדָ֑הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahהָיָ֞הH1961 · ha.yahto beהַדָּבָ֤רH1697 · da.varwordהַזֶּה֙H2088 · zehthisאֶֽל־H413 · elto(wards)יִרְמְיָ֔הH3414 · yir.me.yahJeremiahמֵאֵ֥תH854 · etwithיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלֵאמֹֽר׃H559 · a.marto say
Cross-references
Jeremiah 27:19-20For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city,Jeremiah 28:1And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, [and] in the fifth month, [that] Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which [was] of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,2 Chronicles 36:11Zedekiah [was] one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.Jeremiah 27:3And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;Jeremiah 27:12I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.Jeremiah 26:1In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,
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