Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. ] Not in the days of Jehoiakim, but in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah, ( Jeremiah 1:2 ) . The Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions read, "unto him".
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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.
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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.
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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.
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And I said: Ah, ah, ah, Lord God: behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child.