Jeremiah 25:8
in Jeremiah 25Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Because you have not obeyed My words,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Because ye have not heard my words,
KJV
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words,
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This verse in Jeremiah 25
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Therefore this is what the LORD
on Jeremiah 25:8-11
Its instrument is “My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,” a pagan king called the LORD's servant. The desolation silences ordinary life: “the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.” The seventy years are named here first in the book.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 8.) Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: Because you have not listened to my words, behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, declares the Lord, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I will devote them to destruction, and make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts,.... Of armies above and below; and so can do what he pleases in heaven and in earth: because ye have not heard my words; by the prophets, so as to obey them; they had heard them externally, but did not observe to do them.
Note, When men will not regard the judgments of God's mouth they may expect to feel the judgments of his hands, to hear the rod, since they would not hear the word; for the sinner must either be parted from his sin or perish in it.
He has them all at his command. The most potent and absolute monarchs are his servants. Nebuchadrezzar, who is an instrument of his wrath, is as truly his servant as Cyrus, who is an instrument of his mercy.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לָכֵ֕ן | lakhen | <to> therefore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| כֹּ֥ה | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֖ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| צְבָא֑וֹת | tzevaot | of hosts | H6635 → | 485 times |
| יַ֕עַן | yaan | because | H3282 → | 99 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| שְׁמַעְתֶּ֖ם | shema'tem | you have listened to | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| דְּבָרָֽי׃ | devarai | words my | H1697 → | 1440 times |
לָכֵ֕ן<to> therefore
lakhenH3651 →771 times
כֹּ֥הthus
kohH3541 →577 times
אָמַ֖רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
צְבָא֑וֹתof hosts
tzevaotH6635 →485 times
יַ֕עַןbecause
yaanH3282 →99 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
שְׁמַעְתֶּ֖םyou have listened to
shema'temH8085 →1159 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
דְּבָרָֽי׃words my
devaraiH1697 →1440 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.