By the time the book of Jeremiah was written, the northern ten - tribe kingdom had already fallen to the Assyrians and many of its people had been taken away captive.
في الوقت الذي دُوِّن فيه سفر ارميا ،‏ كانت مملكة العشرة الاسباط الشمالية قد سقطت في يد الاشوريين وأُخذ كثيرون من شعبها اسرى .‏