2 And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.
2 And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah's eleventh year, the city wall was broken through.
2 In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city.
2 In the eleventh year and fourth month, on the ninth day of Zedekiah's reign, they broke through into the city.
2 In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the city was penetrated.
2 Two and a half years later, on July 18 in the eleventh year of Zedekiah's reign, a section of the city wall was broken down.
5 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
5 The city was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
5 So the city was besieged till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
5 He arrived on the ninth year and tenth month of Zedekiah's reign. The city was under siege for nineteen months (until the eleventh year of Zedekiah).
5 So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
5 Jerusalem was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah's reign.
(Read Jeremiah 52:1-11)
This fruit of sin we should pray against above any thing; Cast me not away from thy presence, Psalm 51:11. None are cast out of God's presence but those who by sin have first thrown themselves out. Zedekiah's flight was in vain, for there is no escaping the judgments of God; they come upon the sinner, and overtake him, let him flee where he will.
6 And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
6 By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat.
6 On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.
6 By the fourth month of Zedekiah's eleventh year, on the ninth day of the month, the famine was so bad that there wasn't so much as a crumb of bread for anyone.
6 By the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.
6 By July 18 in the eleventh year of Zedekiah's reign, the famine in the city had become very severe, and the last of the food was entirely gone.
(Read Jeremiah 52:1-11)
This fruit of sin we should pray against above any thing; Cast me not away from thy presence, Psalm 51:11. None are cast out of God's presence but those who by sin have first thrown themselves out. Zedekiah's flight was in vain, for there is no escaping the judgments of God; they come upon the sinner, and overtake him, let him flee where he will.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 39:2
Commentary on Jeremiah 39:1-10
(Read Jeremiah 39:1-10)
Jerusalem was so strong, that the inhabitants believed the enemy could never enter it. But sin provoked God to withdraw his protection, and then it was as weak as other cities. Zedekiah had his eyes put out; so he was condemned to darkness who had shut his eyes against the clear light of God's word. Those who will not believe God's words, will be convinced by the event. Observe the wonderful changes of Providence, how uncertain are earthly possessions; and see the just dealings of Providence: but whether the Lord makes men poor or rich, nothing will profit them while they cleave to their sins.