^24:1The word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month¹: ^24:2“Son of man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege² to Jerusalem³ this very day.

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Footnotes

1 The date of this oracle was January 15, 588 b.c.
2 Heb “lean on, put pressure on.”
3 For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

In the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In the ninth year, in the tenth month on the tenth day, the word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, record this date, this very date, because the king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month: “Son of man, write down today’s date, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.

NLTNew Living Translation

On January 15, during the ninth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the Lord: “Son of man, write down today’s date, because on this very day the king of Babylon is beginning his attack against Jerusalem.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the word of Yahweh came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, saying, “Son of man, write for yourself the name of the day, this very day. The king of Babylon laid siege to Jerusalem on exactly this day!

KJV 1900King James Version

Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.

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