Jeremiah 1:3 (DRB)

Passage

And which came to him in the days of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda, unto the end of the eleventh year of Sedecias the son of Josias king of Juda, even unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive, in the fifth month.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 1:1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Helcias, of the priests that were in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin.

Jeremiah 1:2 The word of the Lord which came to him in the days of Josias the son of Amon king of Juda, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

Jeremiah 1:3 And which came to him in the days of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda, unto the end of the eleventh year of Sedecias the son of Josias king of Juda, even unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive, in the fifth month.

Jeremiah 1:4 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed thee in the bowels of thy mother, I knew thee: and before thou camest forth out of the womb, I sanctified thee, and made thee a prophet unto the nations.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "came", "days", "joakim", "josias", "king", "juda", "eleventh", and "year". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "came" and "days", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "The word of the Lord which came..." into verse 4's "And the word of the Lord came...", so "came" and "days" belong inside that flow. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "came" and "days" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.