# Jeremiah 1:18

> Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.

— Jeremiah 1:18, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- 627 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Jeremiah 1:2 dates itself by the thirteenth year of Josiah, which is 627 BC, five years before the Temple reform.

## Who ruled

- **Josiah**, king of Judah, 640-609 BC · Source: 2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chronicles 34-35; his death at Megiddo falls in the Egyptian campaign of 609 BC, which the Babylonian Chronicles record

## See also

- Isaiah 50:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/50/7
- Ezekiel 3:8-9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/3/8
- Jeremiah 15:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/15/20
- Jeremiah 6:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/6/27
- Micah 3:8-9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/micah/3/8
- Jeremiah 34:20-22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/34/20
- Jeremiah 36:27-32 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/36/27
- Jeremiah 37:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/37/7

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/1/18
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).