In the tenth year, in the tenth month. — This was exactly a year and two days after the investment of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar (Ezekiel 24:1; 2 Kings 25:1), and about six months before its fall, or seven before its destruction (2 Kings 25:3). It must have been, therefore, after the time when the siege was temporarily raised by the approach of the Egyptians under Pharaoh-Hophra (Jeremiah 37:5; Jeremiah 37:11), and when Jeremiah prophesied the failure of that attempt (Jeremiah 37:6); and probably was just when the news of that relief reached Chaldæa, and gave fresh hope to the exiles of the deliverance of Jerusalem.

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