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Jeremiah 25:3

in Jeremiah 25

“From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even unto this day, these three and twenty years, the word of Jehovah hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising up early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.

KJV

From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the Lord hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.

This verse in Jeremiah 25

Commentary

8 notes on this verse
The three and twentieth year - i. e., nineteen under Josiah, and four under Jehoiakim. This prophecy divides itself into three parts, (1) the judgment of Judah Jer 25:3-11, and Babylon’s doom Jer 25:12-14; (2) the wine-cup of fury Jer 25:15-29; (3) the judgment of the world Jer 25:30-38.

This site's exposition

in the fourth year of Jehoiakim

on Jeremiah 25:1-3

The date is doubled, since “the fourth year of Jehoiakim” was also “the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.” Verse 3 counts from “the thirteenth year of Josiah,” to this day, “twenty-three years” in which, Jeremiah says, “you have not listened.” Keil places the year at 605 BC.

This site's exposition

the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon

Barnes counts the twenty-three years as nineteen under Josiah and four under Jehoiakim. The count starts from the call of the prophet in 1:2. Barnes then divides the chapter into three parts: judgment on Judah and on Babylon, the cup of wrath, and the judgment of the whole earth.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers2 voices

A commentator

Theodoret of Cyrus

ON JEREMIAH 6:25.3-7 · Written before 458.

proposed

He mentions the great number of years in order to emphasize God's long-suffering in putting up with unbelievers for so long. I sent my servants the prophets to you, he says. I urged you to abandon the road to ruin and travel by the other …

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah · Written before 420.

proposed

(Version 3.) From the thirteenth year of Josiah, son of Ammon, king of Judah, until this day, which is the twenty-third year, the word of the Lord came to me, and I spoke to you, rising up at night and speaking, but you did not listen. In the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah, who reigned in Jerusalem for thirty-one years, Jeremiah began to prophesy, and he prophesied under him for nineteen years.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

A very express threatening of the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem, by the king of Babylon, for their contempt of God, and their continuance in sin (

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From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

From the thirteenth year of Josiah, in which Jeremiah began to prophesy (Jer 1:1), to the end of Josiah's reign, was nineteen years (2Ki 22:1); the three months 2 Kings 23.

The words behind it

26 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • מִן־since

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • שְׁלֹ֣שׁthir-

    sheloshH7969 →432 times

  • עֶשְׂרֵ֣הteen

    ʾesrehH6240 →338 times

  • שָׁנָ֡הyear

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • לְיֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּof Josiah

    leyoshiyahuH2977 →53 times

  • בֶן־[the] son of

    ven-H1121 →4930 times

  • אָמוֹן֩Amon

    ʾamonH526 →

  • מֶ֨לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • יְהוּדָ֜הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • וְעַ֣ד׀and until

    veadH5704 →1261 times

  • הַיּ֣וֹםthe day

    haiyomH3117 →2304 times

  • הַזֶּ֗ה<the> this

    hazehH2088 →1180 times

  • זֶ֚הthis

    zehH2088 →1180 times

  • שָׁלֹ֤שׁthree

    shaloshH7969 →432 times

  • וְעֶשְׂרִים֙and twenty

    veesrimH6242 →315 times

  • שָׁנָ֔הyear[s]

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • הָיָ֥הit has come

    hayahH1961 →3559 times

  • דְבַר־[the] word of

    devar-H1697 →1440 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֵלָ֑יto me

    ʾelaiH413 →5510 times

  • וָאֲדַבֵּ֧רand I have spoken

    vaadaberH1696 →1141 times

  • אֲלֵיכֶ֛םto you

    ʾaleikhemH413 →5510 times

  • אַשְׁכֵּ֥יםrising early

    ʾashkeimH7925 →65 times

  • וְדַבֵּ֖רand speaking

    vedaberH1696 →1141 times

  • וְלֹ֥אand not

    velo'H3808 →5168 times

  • שְׁמַעְתֶּֽם׃you have listened

    shema'temH8085 →1159 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 7:13

    And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 7:25

      From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Isaiah 65:12

      I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil…

    • 2 Chronicles 36:15–16

      Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.

    • Proverbs 1:24

      Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 34:3

    In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem…

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 33:22

      And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon served and sacrificed to all the idols that his father Manasseh had made,

  • Through

    Jeremiah 26:5

    and if you do not listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have sent you again and again even though you did not listen,

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 11:7

      For from the time I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, I strongly warned them again and again, saying, ‘Obey My voice.’

    • Jeremiah 25:3–4

      “From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again,…

    • Jeremiah 7:13

      And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but…

Where this verse is studied

About Jeremiah

This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Theodoret of Cyrus, ON JEREMIAH 6:25.3-7.