“The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying,”
Jeremiah receives God's word 'when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army...were fighting against Jerusalem.' This superscription dates the prophecy to the final siege when Babylonian forces completely encircled Jerusalem. Theologically, this word comes at maximum military crisis.
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