1. Ubangiji ya yi magana da Irmiya a shekara ta goma ta mulkin Zadakiya, Sarkin Yahuza. A lokacin kuwa Nebukadnezzar yana da shekara goma sha takwas da sarauta a Babila.
2. A lokacin nan kuwa sojojin Sarkin Babila sun kewaye Urushalima da yaƙi, annabi Irmiya kuwa yana a tsare a gidan waƙafi, a fādar Sarkin Yahuza.