Jeremiah 25:1
in Jeremiah 25This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
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The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (the same was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon),
KJV
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;
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This verse in Jeremiah 25
Commentary
9 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The fourth year - See Dan 1:1 note. This invasion of Judaea, in which Daniel was carried captive to Babylon, was according to the date of the years the fourth, but according to the actual time the third, year of the Jewish king. Nebuchadnezzar was not yet fully king, but associated with his father Nabopalassar.
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.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Chapter 25, Verse 1) The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah. These events took place before the vision because it was during the reign of Zedekiah, after Jehoiachin was deported to Babylon. But this event took place during the reign of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, and the father of Jehoiachin.
The Reformation2 voices
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture
But related now is the prophecy which Jeremiah was bidden to proclaim in the fourth year of Jehoiakim; and he reigned, as we shall hereafter see, eleven years. We hence conclude that his book is composed of various addresses, but that the order of time has not always been preserved.
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 (
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — unbalanced-parens
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah,.... Not only in the city of Jerusalem, but in the whole land of Judea. This prophecy concerns them all; their repentance and reformation, to which they are exhorted; or their invasion, desolation, and captivity, with which they are threatened.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
fourth year of Jehoiakim--called the third year in Da 1:1. But probably Jehoiakim was set on the throne by Pharaoh-necho on his return from Carchemish about July, whereas Nebuchadnezzar mounted the throne January 21, 604 B.C.; so that Nebuchadnezzar's first year was partly the third, partly the fourth, of Jehoiakim's.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase
The word that came to Jeremiah - to the fourth year - This prophecy, we see, was delivered in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, and the chapter that contains it is utterly out of its place. It should be between chapters 35 and 36. The defeat of the Egyptians by Nebuchadnezzar at Carchemish, and the subsequent taking of Jerusalem, occurred in this year, viz., the fourth year of Jehoiakim. The first year of Nebuchadrezzar - This king was associated with his father two years before the death of the latter. The Jews reckon his reign from this time, and this was the first of those two years; but the Chaldeans date the commencement of his reign two years later, viz., at the death of his father.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
in the fourth year The year that their decree was sealed that they be exiled and that they drink the cup of wrath, as he says in this section (v.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַדָּבָ֞ר | hadavar | the word | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הָיָ֤ה | hayah | it came | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| עַֽל־ | ʾal- | to | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙ | yirmeyahu | Jeremiah | H3414 → | 147 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עַ֣ם | ʾam | [the] people of | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| יְהוּדָ֔ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| בַּשָּׁנָה֙ | bashanah | in the year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| הָֽרְבִעִ֔ית | hareviit | <the> fourth | H7243 → | 56 times |
| לִיהוֹיָקִ֥ים | lihoyakim | of Jehoiakim | H3079 → | 37 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יֹאשִׁיָּ֖הוּ | yoshiyahu | Josiah | H2977 → | 53 times |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יְהוּדָ֑ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| הִ֗יא | hi' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| הַשָּׁנָה֙ | hashanah | [was] the year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ית | harishonit | <the> first | H7224 → | |
| לִנְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֖ר | linvukhadretzar | of Nebuchadnezzar | H5019 → | 60 times |
| מֶ֥לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| בָּבֶֽל׃ | bavel | Babylon | H894 → | 262 times |
הַדָּבָ֞רthe word
hadavarH1697 →1440 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
הָיָ֤הit came
hayahH1961 →3559 times
עַֽל־to
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
יִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙Jeremiah
yirmeyahuH3414 →147 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
עַ֣ם[the] people of
ʾamH5971 →1873 times
יְהוּדָ֔הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
בַּשָּׁנָה֙in the year
bashanahH8141 →877 times
הָֽרְבִעִ֔ית<the> fourth
hareviitH7243 →56 times
לִיהוֹיָקִ֥יםof Jehoiakim
lihoyakimH3079 →37 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
יֹאשִׁיָּ֖הוּJosiah
yoshiyahuH2977 →53 times
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
יְהוּדָ֑הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
הִ֗יאit
hi'H1931 →1879 times
הַשָּׁנָה֙[was] the year
hashanahH8141 →877 times
הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ית<the> first
harishonitH7224 →
לִנְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֖רof Nebuchadnezzar
linvukhadretzarH5019 →60 times
מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
בָּבֶֽל׃Babylon
bavelH894 →262 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
Daniel 1:1In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 24:1–2
During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 36:5–7
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
- 2 Kings 24:13
As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king…
- 2 Kings 24:1–2
Through
Jeremiah 46:2concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 45:1
This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah when he wrote these words on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 23:29
At the end of Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him…
- Jeremiah 46:14
“Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’
- Isaiah 10:9
“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
- Ezekiel 29:1–21
In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Jeremiah 45:1
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
4 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 monarchy / ExileJeremiahPriest of Anathoth called before birth to uproot and to plant; the weeping prophet of Jerusalem's fall who bought a field in the s…
- 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…
- PlaceBabil Governorate (archaeological site)BabylonAncient Mesopotamian city and imperial capital; site of the Israelite exile and a recurring biblical symbol of worldly power.
This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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 Calvin, Commentaries; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.