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.
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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.
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This verse in Jeremiah 25
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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
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 …
(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 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 & Brown1802–1910
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 wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִן־ | min- | since | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| שְׁלֹ֣שׁ | shelosh | thir- | H7969 → | 432 times |
| עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה | ʾesreh | teen | H6240 → | 338 times |
| שָׁנָ֡ה | shanah | year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| לְיֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ | leyoshiyahu | of Josiah | H2977 → | 53 times |
| בֶן־ | ven- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אָמוֹן֩ | ʾamon | Amon | H526 → | |
| מֶ֨לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יְהוּדָ֜ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וְעַ֣ד׀ | vead | and until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַיּ֣וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּ֗ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| זֶ֚ה | zeh | this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| שָׁלֹ֤שׁ | shalosh | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| וְעֶשְׂרִים֙ | veesrim | and twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| שָׁנָ֔ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| הָיָ֥ה | hayah | it has come | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| דְבַר־ | devar- | [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֵלָ֑י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| וָאֲדַבֵּ֧ר | vaadaber | and I have spoken | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אֲלֵיכֶ֛ם | ʾaleikhem | to you | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אַשְׁכֵּ֥ים | ʾashkeim | rising early | H7925 → | 65 times |
| וְדַבֵּ֖ר | vedaber | and speaking | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| וְלֹ֥א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| שְׁמַעְתֶּֽם׃ | shema'tem | you have listened | H8085 → | 1159 times |
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 stopsEach 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 7:13And 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,
- Jeremiah 7:25
Through
2 Chronicles 34:3In 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,
- 2 Chronicles 33:22
Through
Jeremiah 26:5and 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…
- Jeremiah 11:7
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PersonLate monarchyJosiahThe boy-king who found the book of the law in the temple, tore his clothes, and led Judah's last great reformation and Passover be…
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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.
