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# The word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh
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This idiom is used to announce that God gave messages to Jeremiah. See how you translated a similar phrase in [Jeremiah 1:2](../01/01.md) AT: "Yahweh gave messages to Jeremiah" or "Yahweh spoke to Jeremiah" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar
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"after Zedekiah had been king of Judah for more than nine years and Nebuchadnezzar had been king for more than seventeen years"
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# Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned
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This can be translated in active form. AT: "they were keeping Jeremiah as a prisoner" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned
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It is not clear why Jeremiah is referring to himself by name here. You may translate using first person, as the UDB does. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])
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# the courtyard of the guard at the house of the king of Judah
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This was an open area attached to the king's palace that was surrounded by buildings and in which they kept prisoners. |