(On the fifthof the monthin the fifthyearof KingJehoiachin'sexile,
"Saynowto the rebellioushouse,Do you not knowwhatthesethings[mean]?' Say,'Behold,the kingof Babyloncameto Jerusalem,tookits kingand princesand broughtthem to him in Babylon.
Now in the seventhyear,in the fifth[month], on the tenthof the month,certainof the eldersof Israelcameto inquireof the LORD,and satbeforeme.
In the tenthyear,in the tenth[month], on the twelfthof the month,the wordof the LORDcameto me saying,
Now in the twenty-seventhyear,in the first[month], on the firstof the month,the wordof the LORDcameto me saying,
In the eleventhyear,in the third[month], on the firstof the month,the wordof the LORDcameto me saying,
Now in the twelfthyearof our exile,on the fifthof the tenthmonth,the refugeesfrom Jerusalemcameto me, saying,"The cityhas been taken."
In the twenty-fifthyearof our exile,at the beginningof the year,on the tenthof the month,in the fourteenthyearafterthe citywas taken,on that samedaythe handof the LORDwas upon me and He broughtme there.
It cameabout in the sixthyear,on the fifth[day] of the sixthmonth,as I was sittingin my housewith the eldersof Judahsittingbeforeme, that the handof the LordGODfellon me there.