“In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Jeremiah 39 contains 18 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.