²¹And then^h it was in the twelfthⁱ year, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month of our exile, a survivor from Jerusalem came to me, saying,^j “The city was destroyed!”

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Footnotes

hLiterally “and it happened”
iLiterally “two of ten”
jLiterally “to say”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has been struck down.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month on the fifth day, a man who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has fallen!”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken!”

NLTNew Living Translation

On January 8, during the twelfth year of our captivity, a survivor from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has fallen!”

KJV 1900King James Version

And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

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