1. उसी वर्ष यिर्मयाह नबी ने इस आशय की पत्री, उन पुरनियों और भविष्यद्वक्ताओं और साधारण लोगों के पास भेजीं जो बंधुओं में से बचे थे, जिनको नबूकदनेस्सर यरूशलेम से बाबुल को ले गया था।
1. I had been left in Jerusalem when King Nebuchadnezzar took many of the people of Jerusalem and Judah to Babylonia as prisoners, including King Jehoiachin, his mother, his officials, and the metal workers and others in Jerusalem who were skilled in making things. So I wrote a letter to the prophets, the priests, the leaders, and the rest of our people in Babylonia.