Jeremiah 2:1

Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Word of the Lord came to me - probably in the 13th year of the reign of Josiah (; cf. : cf. with ). The warning not to rely as they did on Egypt () was in accordance with Josiah's policy, who took part with Assyria and Babylon against Egypt and Pharaoh-nechoh (). Jeremiah, doubtless, supported the reformation began by Josiah in the previous year (the 12th year of his reign), and fully carried out in the eighteenth.