Jeremiah 1:1-3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

1 The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,^{(A) 2} to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of King Josiah son of Amon of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.^{(B) 3} It came also in the days of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah until the end of the eleventh year of King Zedekiah son of Josiah of Judah, until the captivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month.^(C)